@article{8956,
  keywords = {Communicable Diseases, History, 19th Century, Humans, leprosy, Microbiology, Venezuela, Yellow Fever},
  author = {Godoy G and Tarradath E},
  title = {Short biography of Louis Daniel Beauperthuy (1807-71): pioneer of microbiology and medical science in Venezuela.},
  abstract = {<p>Louis Daniel Beauperthuy was a pioneer of microbiology in Venezuela where he developed microscopic and clinical research together with academic and scientific observation related to leprosy and the role of insects in the transmission of febrile illnesses.</p>},
  year = {2010},
  journal = {Journal of medical biography},
  volume = {18},
  pages = {38-40},
  month = {2010 Feb},
  issn = {1758-1087},
  doi = {10.1258/jmb.2009.009095},
  language = {eng},
}