Major Walter Reed

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U.S. Army officer human medical researcher physician

Major Walter Reed was a U.S. Army physician renowned for leading the team that proved yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes, revolutionizing public health and tropical medicine.

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Walter Reed 4
Major Walter Reed canonical 2
Walter Reed, M.D. 1

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instanceOf U.S. Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
medical researcher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
awardReceived posthumous recognition as a pioneer of tropical medicine ⓘ
contributedTo advances in public health measures against mosquito-borne disease ⓘ
reduction of yellow fever in Cuba ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Bellevue Hospital Center ⓘ
surface form: Bellevue Hospital Medical College

University of Virginia ⓘ
employer United States Army ⓘ
familyName Reed ⓘ
fieldOfWork epidemiology ⓘ
infectious disease ⓘ
tropical medicine ⓘ
givenName Walter ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup European American ⓘ
hasLegacy Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ
surface form: Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ
eponymous institutions in U.S. military medicine ⓘ
hasName Major Walter Reed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Major Walter Reed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Walter Reed, M.D.
hasPlaceOfBirth Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Gloucester County, Virginia, United States
hasPlaceOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
impact helped make construction of the Panama Canal safer by informing yellow fever control strategies ⓘ
revolutionized public health in tropical regions ⓘ
influenced development of modern epidemiological field studies ⓘ
public health practices in tropical regions ⓘ
knownFor demonstrating mosquito-borne transmission of yellow fever ⓘ
yellow fever research ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Army Medical Department ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Medical Corps
militaryRank Major ⓘ
notableFor leading experiments that proved yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes ⓘ
occupation medical researcher ⓘ
military doctor ⓘ
physician ⓘ
researchFocus transmission of yellow fever ⓘ
researchMethod human volunteer experiments ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantDiscovery evidence that Aedes mosquitoes transmit yellow fever ⓘ
studied mosquito vectors of disease ⓘ
yellow fever ⓘ
workLocation Cuba ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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