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Also Known As Carlos Juan Finlay
Born December 3, 1833 • Camagüey • Cuba
Died August 20, 1915 (aged 81) • Havana • Cuba
Subjects Of Study mosquito • carrier • yellow fever

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Walter Reed
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Sir Ronald Ross, bronze relief by Frank Bowcher, 1929; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Ronald Ross
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Lancisi, miniature by an unknown artist
Giovanni Maria Lancisi
Italian physician
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Belgian microbiologist
John Snow
John Snow
British physician
William Farr
British physician
Archibald Leman Cochrane
British physician
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Israeli-born surgeon
Nathan Wolfe, 2008.
Nathan Wolfe
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Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle
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Max Theiler
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Sydenham, detail of an oil painting by Mary Beale, 1688; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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William Crawford Gorgas.
William Crawford Gorgas
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Baillou, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, c. 1580
Guillaume de Baillou
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Pierre-Fidèle Bretonneau
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Carl Cori
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