| Reed, Walter 1851-1902. American physician and army surgeon who proved that yellow fever was transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. |
Reed  (rēd) Pronunciation Key
American physician and army surgeon who proved in 1900 that yellow fever was transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. His research led to the mosquito eradication programs carried out by William Gorgas that virtually eradicated yellow fever from Havana, Cuba, and from the Panama Canal Zone. |