Manuel Augusto Pirajá da Silva, Brazilian parasitologist (Camamu, Bahia State 28 January 1873 – São Paulo 01 January 1961)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Performed first complete description of Schistosoma mansoni and clarified his full life cycle
La schistosome à Bahia. Arch. Parasit. 13:415, 1908
First to correlate mansonic schistosomiasis and glomerulopathy (1908)
First described schistosomal cercaria
Cercaire brésilienne (Cercaria blanchardi) à queue bifurquée. Arch. Parasit. 15:398-400, 1912
Demonstrated transmission mode of Trypanosoma cruzi by faeces of its vector
With E. Brumpt. Existence du Schizotrypanum cruzi Chagas, 1909 à Bahia (Matta de São João). Biologie du Conorhinus megistus. Bull. Soc. Pathol. Exot. 5(1):22-6, 1912
Perfected treatment technique of cutaneous leishmaniasis by employing tartar emetic
Described fungi Discomyces bahiensis 1919 and Madurella brumptii 1922 that cause maduromycosis
HONORS
Bernhard Nocht Medal, Bernhard Nocht Institut für Tropenmedizin, Hamburg (1954)
Manson-Pirajá da Silva disease or Mansonic Schistosomiasis