Carlos Chagas
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 90 years ago |
Date of birth | July 9,1879 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Oliveira |
State Of Minas Gerais | |
Brazil | |
Date of died | November 8,1934 |
Died | Rio De Janeiro |
State Of Rio De Janeiro | |
Brazil | |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Children | Carlos Chagas Filho |
Evandro Chagas | |
Spouse | Íris Lobo Chagas |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, Latin America & Caribbean |
Order of the Crown | |
Legion of Honour | |
Parents | José Justiniano das Chagas |
Mariana Cândida Chagas | |
Full name | Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas |
Education | Faculty of Medicine - UFRJ |
Federal University of Ouro Preto | |
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 711995 |
Carlos Chagas Life story
Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas, was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and bacteriologist who worked as a clinician and researcher. He discovered Chagas disease, also called American trypanosomiasis, in 1909, while he was working at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro.