Did Mosquitoes Cause Yellow Fever? The Discovery That Changed Medicine
Yes – and proving it was one of the most important medical discoveries in history. In 1900, US Army surgeon Walter Reed confirmed that Aedes aegypti mosquitoes transmitted yellow fever, overturning the widely held belief that the disease spread through contaminated air. This discovery led to mosquito control programs that made the Panama Canal possible […]
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