Biography

José Rafael Rangel Estrada, Venezuelan parasitologist (Betijoque, Trujillo State 25 April 1877 –Caracas 20 August 1909)

Described with Romero Sierra Diptera species Aedes dominicii 1907

Studied an equine disease known as “peste boba” from which obtained a trypanosome species. It was described and named Trypanosoma venezuelense by Mesnil