At the dawn of the 20th century, a U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board stationed in Cuba, headed by Major Walter Reed, confirmed a theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay about the role of mosquitoes in ...

Building where the experiments were conducted, which proved that yellow fever is not transmitted by means of infected clothing (fomites) On October 23, 1900, U.S. Army Major Walter Reed ...

headed by Dr. Walter Reed, allowed themselves to be bitten by infected mosquitoes, proved Dr. Carlos Finlay’s contention (announced in 1881) that yellow fever was carried by Aedes aegypti.