carlos juan finlay

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born Dec. 3, 1833, Puerto Príncipe, Cuba died Aug. 20, 1915, Havana Cuban epidemiologist. He is known for his discovery that yellow fever is transmitted by a mosquito. Though he published experimental evidence in 1886, his ideas were ignored for nearly 20 years. He urged the study of means of transmission and stated that the carrier was the mosquito Culex fasciatus (now called Aedes aegypti). In 1900 Walter Reed confirmed Finlay's theory, leading to the eradication of yellow fever in Cuba and Panama by William Gorgas. After his death, the Cuban government created the Finlay Institute for Investigations in Tropical Medicine
carlos juan finlay

    Hyphenation

    Car·los Juan Fin·lay

    Turkish pronunciation

    kärlōs hwän fînli

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkärlōs ˈhwän ˈfənlē/ /ˈkɑːrloʊs ˈhwɑːn ˈfɪnliː/
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