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Abreu, Aleixo de
1568 - The birth of a Portuguese physician who worked for the Brazilian government and provided the world with the first scientific description of Tunga penetrans.
1623 - He was the author of the earliest book on tropical medicine describing amoebiasis, malaria, typhoid fever, scurvy, yellow fever, dracontiasis, trichuriasis and tungiasis.
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