Dr. Kiyoshi Shiga: Discoverer of the Dysentery Bacillus.

Autor: Trofa, Andrew F., Ueno-Olsen, Hannah, Oiwa, Ruiko, Yoshikawa, Masanosuke
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 11/1/1999, Vol. 29 Issue 5, p1303, 4p
Abstrakt: Presents a biography of Kiyoshi Shiga who discovered the dysentery bacillus and proves the bacterial etiology of nonamebic dysentery. Childhood; Medical education; Job experiences; Overview on his microbiological investigation of a sekiri or dysentery outbreak; Key to his discovery; Development of a Shigella vaccine.
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