Cherubala Pathayapurayil Ramachandran, Malaysian parasitologist (Kuala Lumpur 03 June 1936 – 12 January 2019)
Established new methods to improve the treatment, control and elimination of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis
Made most of the clinical trials globally of the drug ivermectin
Developed laboratory infection model (Brugia infections in Aedes sp.)
With J.F.B. Edeson & W.E. Kershaw. Aedes aegypti as an experimental vector of Brugia malayi. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasit. 54:1-375, 1960
DESCRIBED HELMINTHS TAXA
Species
Litomosa aelleni 1979 with Tibayrenc & Bain
Litomosa maki 1979 with Tibayrenc & Bain
Onchocerca dewittei 1977 with Bain, Petter & Mak
HONOURS
Mary Kingsley Award (1999)