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1. www.britannica.com › biography › Carlos-J-FinlayCarlos J. Finlay | Yellow Fever, Vaccine & Microbiology

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   Carlos J. Finlay (born Dec. 3, 1833, Puerto Príncipe, Cuba—died Aug. 20, 1915, Havana) was a Cuban epidemiologist who discovered that yellow fever is transmitted from infected to healthy humans by a mosquito. Although he published experimental evidence of this discovery in 1886, his ideas were ignored for 20 years.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Carlos_FinlayCarlos Finlay - Wikipedia

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   Carlos Juan Finlay (December 3, 1833 – August 20, 1915) was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes Aedes aegypti.

3. www.pbs.org › features › fever-carlos-finlayCarlos Finlay (1833-1915) | American Experience | PBS

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   Carlos Finlay (1833-1915) In response to his groundbreaking theory on the cause of yellow fever, Carlos Finlay was called a "crank" and a "crazy old man." The derision hurt the doctor...

4. historyofvaccines.org › history › yellow-feverYellow Fever | History of Vaccines

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   Carlos Finlay (1833-1915) presented the paper “The Mosquito Hypothetically Considered as the Transmitting Agent of Yellow Fever” to Havana’s Academy of Sciences—the first to correctly identify mosquitoes as the ultimate source of the disease. Finlay’s theory, however, was initially ridiculed.

5. www.pbs.org › fever › peopleeventsThe Great Fever | American Experience | PBS

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   Oct 30, 2006 · Narrator: In August 1881, at an international scientific conference in Havana, Carlos Finlay unveiled his mosquito theory, outlining three conditions necessary for the transmission of yellow...

6. www.pbs.org › wgbh › americanexperienceYellow Fever and the Scientific Method | American ... - PBS

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   Carlos Finlay | Thomas Jefferson University Archives. Since its first documented case in the 17th century, a great mystery surrounded yellow fever. What was its cause? Theories included...

7. www.jstor.org › stable › 3343556Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915) - JSTOR

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   later developed yellow fever. Finlay concluded that a single bite from an infected mosquito resulted in an abortive form of the disease, which usually conferred immunity. He published about forty papers, mostly in British or American journals, and hailed the inoculations as a plausible means of vaccination. But Finlay was to face long years of ...