Adolfo Lutz

Adolfo Lutz
Born18 December 1855
DiedOctober 6, 1940(1940-10-06) (aged 84)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma materUniversity of Bern
Scientific career
FieldsPhysician
InstitutionsInstituto Adolfo Lutz
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Adolfo Lutz (18 December 1855 – 6 October 1940) was a Brazilian physician, father of tropical medicine and medical zoology in Brazil, and a pioneer epidemiologist and researcher in infectious diseases.