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John
H. Comstock (1849-1931) |
Oswaldo
Cruz (1872-1917) |
W. C.
Gorgas (1854-1920) |
G.
Grassi (1854-1925) |
Leland
Howard (1857-1950) |
C. L.
A. LaVerne (1845-1922) |
Patrick
Manson (1844-1922) |
G. H.
Nuttall (1862-1937) |
Walter
Reed (1851-1902) |
Howard
Ricketts (1871-1910) |
Ronald
Ross (1857-1932) |
F.
V. Theobald (1868-1930) |
Comstock, John Henry -- Began a curriculum of
Entomology at Cornell University. Cruz, Oswaldo -- Director of a laboratory in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. Gorgas, William Crawford -- Initiated sanitation work in
Cuba and Panama based on the yellow fever discoveries of Ross & Reed. Grassi,
Giovanni Battista-- Confirmed Ross's work on mosquito
transmission of malaria. Howard, Leland Ossian -- Director of USDA Bureau of
Entomology. Stressed importance of
human disease spread by insects Laverne,
Charles Louis Alphonse-- Discovered the Malaria parasite in 1880. Manson, Patrick -- Discovered the role of
mosquitoes in the transmission of Filariasis
and he formed the theory that mosquitoes transmit Malaria. Nuttall, George Henry Falkiner -- Director of the Molteno Institute, Cambridge, England
and stressed the importance of insect vectors of human
disease. Reed, Walter -- Confirmed that Aedes aegypti is the vector of yellow
fever. Ricketts, Howard Taylor -- Discovered that the tick Dermacentor andersoni is the vector of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and contributed to
the discovery that lice (Pediculus
humanus) are transmitters of Typhus. Ross, Ronald -- Proved that mosquitoes are the
vectors of Malaria and
recommended control measures. Theobald, Frederick Vincent -- Produced five volumes on
mosquitoes of the world |
Key
References: <medvet.ref.htm>
Matheson, R. 1950. Medical Entomology. Comstock Publ. Co, Inc. 610 p.
Service, M.
2008. Medical Entomology For
Students. Cambridge Univ. Press. 289 p
Legner, E. F. 1995.
Biological control of Diptera of medical and veterinary importance. J. Vector Ecology 20(1): 59-120.
Legner,
E. F.. 2000. Biological control of aquatic Diptera. p. 847-870.
Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera,
Vol.
1, Science Herald, Budapest. 978 p.