Andrew Spielman
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Andrew Spielman (24 February 1930 – 20 December 2006) was a prominent American public health entomologist and Professor of Tropical Public Health in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).
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Andrew Spielman | |
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Born | (1930-02-24)24 February 1930 |
Died | 20 December 2006(2006-12-20) (aged 76) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Medical entomology |
Institutions | Harvard School of Public Health |
Thesis | The inheritance of autogeny in the Culex Pipiens complex of mosquitoes (1956) |
Doctoral advisor | Lloyd Eugene Rozeboom |
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Spielman was a world-renowned expert in the vector-borne illnesses malaria, Lyme disease, babesiosis and in the ways in which they are transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks. He was a major figure in the modern history of public health entomology.