Por favor, use este identificador para citar o enlazar este ítem:
https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/13665
metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Título : | The Noble Enigma: Chagas' Nominations for the Nobel Prize |
Otros títulos : | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
Autor : | Coutinho, Marilia Freire Junior, Olival Dias, João Carlos Pinto |
metadata.dc.creator: | Coutinho, Marilia Freire Junior, Olival Dias, João Carlos Pinto |
Resumen : | Carlos Chagas, a Brazilian physician, discovered the American trypanosomiasis in 1909. Like other remarkable discoveries of those days, his work helped to articulate the insect-vector theory and other theoretical guidelines in tropical medicine. Unlike all other discoveries, all the stages of this work were accomplished in a few months and by a single man. Chagas’ discovery was widely recognized at home and abroad. He was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize – in 1913 and in 1921–, but never received the award. Evidence suggests that the reasons for this failure are related to the violent opposition that Chagas faced in Brazil. The contentions towards Chagas were related to a rejection of the meritocratic procedures that gave him prominence, as well as to local petty politics. |
Palabras clave : | Carlos Chagas history of Brazilian medicine history of Brazilian science Chagas disease Pirajá da Silva |
Editorial : | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
URI : | http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/13665 |
Fecha de publicación : | 1999 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (FIS) |
Ficheros en este ítem:
Fichero | Descripción | Tamaño | Formato | |
---|---|---|---|---|
444444444444.pdf | 624,43 kB | Adobe PDF | Visualizar/Abrir |
Los ítems de DSpace están protegidos por copyright, con todos los derechos reservados, a menos que se indique lo contrario.