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Danylo Zabolotny | |
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Данило Заболотний | |
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Born | Chobotarka, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Zabolotne , Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine)[1] | December 28, 1866
Died | December 15, 1929 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[1] | (aged 62)
Resting place | Zabolotne[1] |
Known for | Research in public health |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Epidemiology |
Danylo Kyrylovych Zabolotny (Ukrainian: Данило Кирилович Заболотний; 28 December 1866 – 15 December 1929) was a Ukrainian epidemiologist and the founder of the world's first research department of epidemiology. In 1927, he published one of the first texts in his field, Fundamentals of Epidemiology.
Zabolotny conducted groundbreaking research on a number of infectious diseases, including cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, plague, syphilis, and typhus, as well as on gangrene.
He also lead research missions during the third plague pandemic, particularly those in India, Arabia, Mongolia, and China.[1]