George C. Payne (also known as G.C. Payne) was an American tropical physician and director for the International Health Board of the

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for Mexico and Trinidad in the 1920s. He also worked as a physician for the state health board in Virginia in 1923. He investigated

hookworm disease Hookworm infection is an infection by a type of intestinal parasite known as a hookworm. Initially, itching and a rash may occur at the site of infection. Those only affected by a few worms may show no symptoms. Those infected by many worms may e ...

between 1921 and 1934, and was known for studying the links between hookworm,

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and

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Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...

, as well as

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at the School of Tropical Medicine, where he worked with

William Bosworth Castle William Bosworth Castle (October 21, 1897 – August 9, 1990) was an American physician and physiologist who transformed hematology from a "descriptive art to a dynamic interdisciplinary science." Life Castle was born to William E. Castle and ...

and

Cornelius P. Rhoads Cornelius Packard "Dusty" Rhoads (June 9, 1898 – August 13, 1959) was an American pathologist, oncologist, and hospital administrator who was involved in a racist scandal and subsequent whitewashing in the 1930s. Beginning in 1940, he served a ...

. In 1929 he published a study on effective footwear to reduce worm infestation. He became involved in the Rhoads scandal of the 1930s. He was the first to use a type of mosquito bait trap or stable trap in 1923 in the West Indies. He also studied diet and nutrition in Mexico from 1944 to 1948.

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