PHYSICIAN

Carlos Chagas

1879 - 1934

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Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas (Portuguese: [ˈkaʁluz ʒustʃĩniˈɐ̃nu ʁiˈbejɾu ˈʃaɡɐs]; July 9, 1879 – November 8, 1934), was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and microbiologist who worked as a clinician and researcher. Best known for the discovery of an eponymous protozoal infection called Chagas disease, also called American trypanosomiasis, he also discovered the causative fungi of the pneumocystis pneumonia. He described the two pathogens in 1909, while he was working at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro, and named the former Trypanosoma cruzi to honour his friend Oswaldo Cruz. Chagas's work holds a unique place in the history of medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Chagas is the 384th most popular physician (down from 360th in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 240th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Carlos Chagas ranks 384 out of 726. Before him are Johann Kremer, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Peseshet, Vera Weizmann, Eugene Botkin, and Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus. After him are Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Willi Graf, Filippo Pacini, Frances Oldham Kelsey, Luigi Carlo Farini, and Moritz Kaposi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Carlos Chagas ranks 98. Before him are Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Gorazd, Jacob Gade, Vanessa Bell, Edwin Montagu, and Adolf Wiklund. After him are Patrick Pearse, Oskar Barnack, Clyde Cessna, Osman Aqçoqraqlı, Bernhard Kellermann, and Adaviye Efendiyeva. Among people deceased in 1934, Carlos Chagas ranks 77. Before him are Karl Ernst, Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, Isaac Israëls, Carl Charlier, Pablo Gargallo, and Oskar von Hutier. After him are Catherine Breshkovsky, Otakar Ševčík, Roger Fry, François Coty, Maria Zankovetska, and James Mark Baldwin.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Carlos Chagas ranks 234 out of 2,236. Before him are Epitácio Pessoa (1865), Domingos da Guia (1912), Glauber Rocha (1939), Preguinho (1905), Véra Clouzot (1913), and Jorge Ben (1942). After him are Carlos Marighella (1911), Bigode (1922), Raoni Metuktire (1940), Jorge Paulo Lemann (1939), Juliano Belletti (1976), and Lima (1942).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Brazil

Among physicians born in Brazil, Carlos Chagas ranks 1. After him are Zilda Arns (1934), and Oswaldo Cruz (1872).

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