Oswaldo Cruz
1872 – 1917 · Brazil · Medicine
Eradicated yellow fever from Rio and founded Brazilian public health.
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- Carlos Juan Finlay
1833 – 1915 · Medicine
Finlay's mosquito hypothesis is the basis of Cruz's Rio yellow-fever campaign.
- Louis Pasteur
1822 – 1895 · Chemistry, Medicine
Cruz trained at the Institut Pasteur and brought its bacteriology to Brazil.
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