Parasitologists Parasitologists Achille Valenciennes ( August 9, 1794 - April 13, 1865) was a French zoologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Achille Valenciennes"
Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas (born July 9, 1879, Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; died November 8, 1934, Rio de Janeiro), was a Brazilian physician. He discovered Chagas disease, also called American trypanosomiasis in 1909, while working at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro. Chagas’ work is unique in the history of medicine, because he was the only researcher so far to describe completely a new infectious disease: its pathogen, vector, host, clinical manifestations and epidemiology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carlos Chagas"
Sir Ian Clunies Ross ( 1899- 1959) is described as the 'architect' of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of Australia's scientific organisation the CSIRO. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ian Clunies Ross"
Karl Asmund Rudolphi ( July 14, 1771 – November 29, 1832) was a Swedish-born naturalist, who is credited with being the "father of helminthology". ...more on Wikipedia about "Karl Rudolphi"
Sir Ronald Ross ( May 13, 1857 – September 16, 1932) was a Scottish physician. He was born in Nepal as the son of General Sir C.C.G. Ross of the British army. He studied malaria in India as a member (1881-99) of the Indian Medical Service, was professor of tropical medicine at University College, Liverpool, from 1902, and directed the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, from 1926. In 1934 the school was incorporated into the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. In 1898 he demonstrated the malarial parasite ( Plasmodium) in the stomach of the Anopheles mosquito; in West Africa he discovered the mosquito that transmits African fever. He received the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on malaria and was knighted in 1911. Ross was a pioneer in developing mathematical models for the study of epidemiology. He also published poems, novels, and mathematical studies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ronald Ross"
Sir Samuel Rickard Christophers ( November 27, 1873 - February 19, 1978) was a British protozoologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Samuel Rickard Christophers"
Theobald Smith ( July 31, 1859 – December 10, 1934) was an American pathologist. He made several important discoveries in the fields of bacteriology, immunology and parasitology. He was the first to prove that an infectious disease could be transmitted by an arthropod. ...more on Wikipedia about "Theobald Smith"
Theodor Bilharz ( March 23, 1825 – May 9, 1862) was a German physician and an important pioneer in the field of parasitology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Theodor Bilharz"
Thomas Spencer Cobbold ( 1828 - March 10, 1886), English man of science, was born at Ipswich, a son of the Rev. Richard Cobbold (1791-1877), the author of the History of Margaret Catchpole. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thomas Spencer Cobbold"
Victor Babeş ( July 4 1854, Vienna– October 19, 1926) was a Romanian biologist and one of the earliest bacteriologists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Victor Babeş"
William Boog Leishman ( November 6, 1865 - June 2, 1926) was a Scottish pathologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "William Boog Leishman"
Professor Zbigniew 'Bob' Kabata (born 17 March 1924) is a highly respected parasitologist, veteran of the Polish Armia Krajowa during World War 2, poet, fisherman, translator and scientific administrator. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zbigniew Kabata"
Zeferino Vaz ( May 27, 1908 - February 19, 1981) conducted the construction, establishment and development of the Unicamp university, in the interior of the ...more on Wikipedia about "Zeferino Vaz"
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