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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.
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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.
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 whose...
May 11, 2018 · The Cuban physician and epidemiologist Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915) discovered that certain mosquitoes transmit yellow fever. Carlos Juan Finlay was born in Camagüey Province on Dec. 3, 1833, of a Scottish father and a French mother.
May 16, 2023 · Carlos J. Finlay. Last update:16 May 2023. UNESCO. Born on 3 December 1833 in Puerto Príncipe (today's city of Camagüey) in a French-Scottish family, Carlos J. Finlay studied at some of the most prestigious schools and institutes in the world.
Carlos Juan Finlay was a Cuban epidemiologist famed for pioneering research on yellow fever, including determination that it was transmitted through mosquitoes. He was born in 1833 to a Scottish born physician father and a French born mother.
Finlay, Carlos. Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915) was born in Cuba of European parents. He was sent to the Continent at the age of eleven for boarding school and then arrived in 1853 at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia to earn his medical degree.
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