The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, known as FIOCRUZ, is a scientific institution for research and development in the biological sciences in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is considered one of the main public health research institutions in the world. It was founded by Oswaldo Cruz, a noted physician and epidemiologist. The organization began in 1898 as the Federal SeroTherapy Institute, aimed at developing serum and vaccines against bubonic plague. Under Oswaldo Cruz, who took over in 1902, its work changed from production to research and experimental medicine, including sanitation campaigns against plague, yellow fever and smallpox. Carlos Chagas described the complete cycle of American trypanosomiasis there.
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is a scientific institution for research and development in biological sciences located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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