Dr Louis Grant

Mar 6, 1913

Microbiologist and Pathologist

Discovered Aedes Aegypti Mosquito as dengue carrier

A microbiologist and pathologist, whose work has impacted significantly both on the local and international spheres, particularly relating to the management and treatment of tuberculosis, leptospirosis, equine encephalitis and dengue fever. He also in 1985 established the Foundation for International Self Help (FISH) clinic, in Papine. This clinic offers medical services with a particular focus on the treatment of eye related sicknesses to lower-income groups and the very poor.

His research and discoveries in the medical field has impacted significantly both on the local and international spheres, particularly relating to the management and treatment of tuberculosis, leptospirosis, equine encephalitis, and dengue fever.

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