Is named after him, as is the exoplanet BD−17 63 b in Cetus
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Carlos Juan Finlay
Carlos Juan Finlay was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes Aedes aegypti.
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science · Cuban epidemiologist, yellow fever researcher (1833-1914) · physician · medical researcher · also Carlos Juan Finlay, Carlos Finlay, Charles J. Finlay, Finlay
Born 3 December 1833 · Died 19 August 1915 · Q742233
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1962· 1 entry
Founded a medical history museum in honor of Carlos J
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1928· 1 entry
President Gerardo Machado established the National Order of Merit Carlos J
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1915· 1 entry
Died 1915-08-19.
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1881· 1 entry
That a mosquito was a carrier, now known as a disease vector, of the organism causing yellow fever: a mosquito that bites a victim of the disease could subsequently bite and thereby infect a healthy person
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1848· 1 entry
But became stuck in England for another two years due to political turmoil, and after arriving in France to continue his education, he contracted typhoid fever and again returned to Cuba
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1844· 1 entry
But was forced to return to Cuba after two years because he contracted chorea
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1833· 1 entry
Born 1833-12-03.
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