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Pirajá da Silva

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Pirajá da Silva
Born28 January 1873
Camamu, Bahia, Brazil
Died1 March 1961 (aged 88)
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Known forSchistosomiasis disease

Manuel Augusto Pirajá da Silva (28 January 1873 – 1 March 1961) was a Brazilian parasitologist, medical researcher, and physician.[1]

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Biography

He graduated from the Bahia School of Medicine (now part of the Federal University of Bahia) in 1896, and in 1908 was responsible for the identification and complete description of the pathogenic agent and the pathophysiological cycle of schistosomiasis disease.[2][3]

Legacy

A species of venomous snake, Bothrops pirajai, is named in his honor.[4]

References

  1. ^ Manoel Augusto Pirajá da Silva. bahiana.edu.br
  2. ^ Manuel Augusto Pirajá da Silva. dec.ufcg.edu.br
  3. ^ See:
    • Silva, Pirajá da (August 1908). "Contribuição para o estudo da Schistosomíase" [Contribution to the study of schistosomiasis in Bahia]. Brazil-Medico (in Portuguese). 22: 281–282.
    • Silva, Pirajá da (December 1908). "Contribuição para o estudo da Schistosomíase na Bahia. Dezesseis observações" [Contribution to the study of schistosomiasis in Bahia. Sixteen observations.]. Brazil-Medico (in Portuguese). 22: 441–444.
    • Silva, Pirajá da (1908). "Contribuição para o estudo da Schistosomíase. Vinte observações" [Contribution to the study of schistosomiasis in Bahia. Twenty observations.]. Brazil-Medico (in Portuguese). 22: 451–454.
    • Silva, Pirajá da (1908). "La schistosomose à Bahia" [Schistosomiasis in Bahia]. Archives de Parasitologie (in French). 13: 283–302.
    • Silva, Pirajá da (1909). "Contribution to the study of schistosomiasis in Bahia, Brazil". Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 12: 159–164.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Piraja", p. 208).


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