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Finlay publishes speculation that the mosquito is the vector of Yellow Fever.
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Giuseppe Sanarelli announces that he has determined the bacterium Bacillus Icteroides as causing Yellow Fever.
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After Sanarelli's speclation that the Bacillus Icteroides was the microbe which cause yellow fever, Walter reed set out to test this, which resulted in his disproval of Sanarell's Hyopthesis
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Spanish American War begins
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Spanish American War ends
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Sternberg appoints the members of the Yellow Fever Commission
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After two weeks of testing, the commission conludes the experiment after sufficient data.
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Jesse Lezear dies of Yellow Fever while working to establish the mosquito as the disease vector.
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Reed announced that they had confirmed the mosquito as the disease vector
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In September of 1901, Yellow Fever took no lives in Havana for the first summer month in centuries.
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Walter Reed dies after an infection of his appendix.
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After Gorgas increased his efforts with newfound government support, the last case of the fever was reported shortly after.
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The Panama Canal construction, the largest construction endeavor in US history, is completed.
