1851–1902 American doctor and pathologist who conclusively demonstrated that female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes transmit yellow fever.
Keywords: pathology; yellow fever; Aedes aegypti; virology
Reed, Walter
Helen J Power, Wellcome Trust Centre, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002900
| Further Reading | |
| book Reed W, Major RH, Carroll J, Agramonte A and Lazear JW (1945) The Etiology of Yellow Fever: A Preliminary Note. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific. | |
| book Bean WB (1982) Walter Reed: A Biography. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia. | |
| book Gillispie CC (ed.) (1972) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
