Pirajá da Silva explained

Birth Date:	28 January 1873
Birth Place:	Camamu, Bahia, Brazil
Death Date:	1 March 1961 (aged 88)
Death Place:	Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Known For:	Schistosomiasis disease

Manuel Augusto Pirajá da Silva (28 January 1873 – 1 March 1961) was a Brazilian parasitologist, medical researcher, and physician.

Biography

He graduated from the Bahia School of Medicine (now part of the Federal University of Bahia) in 1896, and in 1908 was responsible for the identification and complete description of the pathogenic agent and the pathophysiological cycle of schistosomiasis disease.^[1]

Legacy

A species of venomous snake, Bothrops pirajai, is named in his honor.^[2]

Notes and References

1. See:
   • Silva . Pirajá da . Contribuição para o estudo da Schistosomíase . Brazil-Medico . August 1908 . 22 . 281–282 . Contribution to the study of schistosomiasis in Bahia . Portuguese.
   • Silva . Pirajá da . Contribuição para o estudo da Schistosomíase na Bahia. Dezesseis observações. . Brazil-Medico . December 1908 . 22 . 441–444 . Contribution to the study of schistosomiasis in Bahia. Sixteen observations. . Portuguese.
   • Silva . Pirajá da . Contribuição para o estudo da Schistosomíase. Vinte observações. . Brazil-Medico . 1908 . 22 . 451–454 . Contribution to the study of schistosomiasis in Bahia. Twenty observations. . Portuguese.
   • Silva . Pirajá da . La schistosomose à Bahia . Archives de Parasitologie . 1908 . 13 . 283–302 . Schistosomiasis in Bahia . French.
   • Silva . Pirajá da . Contribution to the study of schistosomiasis in Bahia, Brazil . Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . 1909 . 12 . 159–164 .
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Piraja", p. 208).