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Carlos Finlay
Yellow Fever
Cure
- Carlos Finlay was a Cuban born doctor. Yellow
fever is a very serious disease that occurs only in Africa, South and
Central America, and the Caribbean.
- Dr. Finlay discovered how the disease is transmitted by the bite of one species of
mosquito, and he invented a sure-fire method for the destruction of the
disease.
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