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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Predicate	Object
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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