1912 WHITMORE, Alfred (1876 – 1946); KRISHNASWAMI, C. S.

An account of the discovery of a hitherto undescribed infective disease occurring among the population of Rangoon.

First description of melioidosis. Together with C.S. Krishnaswami, Whitmore identified Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis (also known as "Whitmore's disease") in opium addicts in Rangoon in …

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1917 STANTON, Sir Ambrose Thomas (1875 – 1938)

A form of pseudo-tuberculosis (melioidosis).

Stanton identified the bacillus of melioidosis and reproduced the disease in animals by feeding and inoculation of cultures.

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1932 STANTON, Sir Ambrose Thomas (1875 – 1938); FLETCHER, William ( – 1938)

Melioidosis.

Studies from the Institute for Medical Research, F.M.S., No. 21. Stanton gave melioidosis its present name and, with Fletcher, wrote the authoritative work on the subject.

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