In April 2010, infectious diseases specialist Paul Auwaerter studied records of Bolívar's symptoms and concluded that he might have suffered from chronic arsenic poisoning, but that both acute poisoning and murder were unlikely.
2010年4月，傳染病專家Paul Auwaerter研究玻利瓦尔症狀的記錄，認為死因可能是因為慢性的砷中毒，但不太可能是急性中毒或謀殺。