Pirajá da Silva

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Manuel Augusto Pirajá da Silva (Camamu, Bahia, Northeast Brazil 1873 — Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 1961) was a Brazilian parasitologist, medical researcher and physician.

Biography

He graduated from the Bahia School of Medicine (now part of the Federal University of Bahia) in 1896 and in 1908 was responsible for the identification and complete description of the pathogenic agent and the pathophysiological cycle of Schistosomiasis disease.

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Biography (in portuguese)

Authority control	VIAF: 16080037 ISNI: 0000 0001 0422 4130 SUDOC: 070330662

Persondata
Name	Silva, Piraja Da
Alternative names
Short description	Brazilian parasitologist
Date of birth	1873
Place of birth
Date of death	1961
Place of death

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