Cuban medicine by a Nobel Prize

Authors

  • Estela Morales Peralta Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "10 de octubre", Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba

Keywords:

HISTORY OF MEDICINE, YELLOW FEVER, Carlos J. Finlay, Aristides Agramonte y Simoni

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The arrival in 2015 to the 900 Nobel was significant reflection of countless advances that have been made in favor of humanity. Five Cubans were nominated, two eminent figures of medical science.

Objective: To base the Nobel Prize nomination of eminent Cuban doctors for his studies of yellow fever.

Material and Methods: A review of 24 references of SciELO, PubMed and Scopus databases was made.

Development: With one of the most important discoveries for world medicine, Carlos Finlay and Barres and Aristides Agramonte and Simoni, contributed to the solution of a major epidemiological problem that struck America for centuries for this reason they were nominated 8 and 5 times respectively to one of the most important awards in the world: the Nobel Prizes.

Conclusions: the findings made by the two Cuban medical scientists about the transmitter agent of yellow fever denoted quality taught and exercised in Cuba medicine, for this reason they were proposed for the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology.

 


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Author Biography

Estela Morales Peralta, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "10 de octubre", Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba

Especialista de primer y segundo grados en Genética Clínica. Doctor en Ciencias Médicas. Profesora e Investigadora Titular. Jefa del departamento de Medios Diagnósticos.

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2017-03-07

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Morales Peralta E. Cuban medicine by a Nobel Prize. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2017 Mar. 7 [cited 2025 Aug. 29];21(1):126-35. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/2720

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Vol. 21 No. 1 (2017)

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