Home›Articles›Who proved yellow fever spread by mosquito: Reed, Finlay and the credit that followedArticleWho proved yellow fever spread by mosquito: Reed, Finlay and the credit that followedArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnWalter Reed, Healers Well-attested SourcesWalter Reed (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaWikipedia, Walter Reed, discussion of Finlay and yellow fever research (article text; page re-fetched 2026-09-21)Quote, Wikipedia, Walter Reed, discussion of Finlay and yellow fever research (article text; page re-fetched 2026-09-21)Reed himself credited Cuban medical scientist Carlos Finlay with identifying a mosquito as the vector of yellow fever and proposing how the disease might be controlled.View the SourceAtlas Relation VocabularyInteractive AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.