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Title(s): Calista E. Causey, Sc.D Workers in tropical medicine Author(s): Shope, Robert E. National Medical Audiovisual Center. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Publication Date: 1979 Publication Information: [Bethesda, Md.] : Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine ; [Washington : for sale by National Audiovisual Center], 1979 Language(s): English Format: Moving image; 058 min.; Sound; Color Subject(s): Causey, Calista E. Tropical Medicine Rights: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. Identifier(s): See catalog record: 7901249A http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/7901249A

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This program, produced in collaboration with the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, presents an interview with Calista E. Causey, Sc.D., by Robert E. Shope, M.D. Dr. Causey recalls her years on a wife-husband team with the field team of the Rockefeller Foundation. Their work, carried out in conjunction with the Instituto Evandro Chagas in Brazil, and later in Ibaden, Nigeria, led to the discovery of significant virus/vector/host relationships. The team worked to eradicate Anopheles gambiense from Brazil, and later studied various arthropod diseases. Numerous viruses were discovered, particularly Group C arboviruses. Dr. Causey praises the Rockefeller Foundation, which allowed its field teams to work under optimal conditions for finding causes and solutions to epidemiologic problems.

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