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- Finlay was a Cuban scientist who worked to eradicate a disease that had devastating effects on people all over the world. His work helped pave the way for other medical breakthroughs, and it continues to have an impact on global health to this day.
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4 days ago · In 1881 yellow Fever was present in tropical America and Carlos Finlay, a Cuban, took into consideration a previous hypothesis, which made a domestic mosquito (Stegomya) responsible for its transmission. As the epidemic outburst kept spreading , this hypothesis was checked and confirmed in several countries and among those who were involved in ...
3 days ago · In 1881, Dr. Carlos Finlay, a Cuban-born physician of Scottish ancestry, theorized that yellow fever was transmitted by a specific mosquito, later designated Aedes aegypti. The theory remained controversial for twenty years until it was confirmed in 1901 by Walter Reed.
4 days ago · In Havana, Cuba, Dr. Carlos Finlay identifies the mosquito as the carrier of yellow fever, but he is unable to prove his theory experimentally. Image source: Gorgas, Marie Doughty and Burton Jesse Hendrick. William Crawford Gorgas: His Life and Work. Garden City, N.Y: Garden City Pub. Co., 1924, p. 128. View Source »
5 days ago · mosquito, (family Culicidae), any of approximately 3,500 species of familiar insects, some of which are important in public health because of the bloodsucking habits of the females. Mosquitoes are known to transmit serious diseases, including yellow fever, Zika fever, malaria, filariasis, and dengue. Taxonomy. Kingdom: Animalia.
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13 hours ago · A 42-year-old St Helens woman won the Island heat of the WI driver of the year competition. Noreen Finlay beat 29 other competitors in answering motoring questions and completing an economy driving test in a new Vauxhall Nova. Police were urging Islanders not to hang their washing out overnight.
2 days ago · Aseguran en Camagüey mejor calidad de vida de adultos mayores. CAMAGÜEY.-Con casi 20 años, el proyecto Con juventud y experiencia, perteneciente a la Casa Natal de Carlos J. Finlay, en Camagüey, contribuye a desarrollar estilos de vida saludables que aseguren una mayor calidad de vida en la tercera edad. A partir de la estrecha alianza con ...
