Carlos Chagas (1878-1934) was a Brazilian physician and scientist who in 1909 became one of the only researchers in the history of infectious disease known to have single handedly identified a new disease in its entirety, describing the causative parasite, its insect vector and the clinical illness it produces in humans, work that came to be known as Chagas disease. Investigating a mysterious illness among rural workers in Minas Gerais, he identified the triatomine bug as the vector, isolated the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi from infected insects and patients, and described the disease's acute and chronic clinical course, an unusually complete single author discovery normally requiring the separate work of several researchers. Despite multiple nominations, he was never awarded the Nobel Prize, an omission that later historians of medicine have frequently cited as one of the more striking oversights in the prize's history. He went on to direct Brazil's national public health service, leading major campaigns against other infectious diseases.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account FieldSourced to the subject's own accountmicrobiology and tropical medicine 1 Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own account NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountdiscovery of Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi) and its vector, host and pathology 1 Disputed
BirthplaceJuiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil (also recorded as Oliveira, Minas Gerais) 1 Sourced to the subject's own accountWikipedia's own article records two different locations for this fact with no resolution; both are given in the fact value. In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, nationality there.
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1. Carlos Chagas (Wikipedia)
WikipediaWikipedia article 'Carlos Chagas', lead paragraph, first sentence (birth year)
Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas (Portuguese: [ˈkaʁluz ʒustʃĩniˈɐ̃nu ʁiˈbejɾu ˈʃaɡɐs]; 9 July 1879-8 November 1934), was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and microbiologist who worked as a clinician and researcher.
Wikipedia article 'Carlos Chagas', lead paragraph, name and dates parenthetical (birth date)
Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas (Portuguese: [ˈkaʁluz ʒustʃĩniˈɐ̃nu ʁiˈbejɾu ˈʃaɡɐs]; 9 July 1879-8 November 1934), was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and microbiologist who worked as a clinician and researcher.
Wikipedia article 'Carlos Chagas', Early life and education section, first sentence (birthplace, two recorded locations)
His birth place is also recorded as Oliveira, his mother's hometown, where the family spent half of their times.
Wikipedia article 'Carlos Chagas', Biography section, death sentence (death year)
Chagas died in Rio de Janeiro from a heart attack in 1934, at the age of 55.
Wikipedia article 'Carlos Chagas', Biography section, death sentence (death date)
Chagas died in Rio de Janeiro from a heart attack in 1934, at the age of 55.
Wikipedia article 'Carlos Chagas', Biography section, death sentence (death place)
Chagas died in Rio de Janeiro from a heart attack in 1934, at the age of 55.
Wikipedia article 'Carlos Chagas', lead paragraph, first sentence (nationality)
Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas (Portuguese: [ˈkaʁluz ʒustʃĩniˈɐ̃nu ʁiˈbejɾu ˈʃaɡɐs]; 9 July 1879-8 November 1934), was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and microbiologist who worked as a clinician and researcher.
Wikipedia article 'Carlos Chagas', lead paragraph, first sentence (field)
Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas (Portuguese: [ˈkaʁluz ʒustʃĩniˈɐ̃nu ʁiˈbejɾu ˈʃaɡɐs]; 9 July 1879-8 November 1934), was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and microbiologist who worked as a clinician and researcher.
Wikipedia article 'Carlos Chagas', lead paragraph, second sentence (notable work)
Best known for the discovery of an eponymous protozoal infection called Chagas disease, also called American trypanosomiasis, he also discovered the causative fungi of the pneumocystis pneumonia.
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