| Date | 1900 |
| Author | Reed |
| Contribution | Headed the commission that demonstrated the correctness of Finlay's hypothesis that mosquito was vector of Yellow Fever. |
| Reference | Lechevalier |
| Notes | See 1881. Work was done mostly in 1900 and published in 1901. This was the first of many virus diseases shown to be arthropod-borne. And first human disease shown to be caused by virus? |
| Category | Causation |
| Pathogen Class | Viruses |
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