1990 HENSEL, Diane Marie (1948 – 2017); SLATER, Leonard N.; WELCH, David F.; ET AL
A newly recognized fastidious gram-negative pathogen as a cause of fever and bacteremia.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Slater, Welch, Hensel.... Hensel, a medical technologist working in the clinical microbiology laboratory, University Hospitals, Oklahoma City, used innovative culture m…
GMN 11930 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14135
1992 REGNERY, Russell L.; ANDERSON, Burt E.; CLARRIDGE, Jill E. III; ET AL
Characterization of a novel Rochalimaea species, R. henselae sp. nov., isolated from blood of a febrile, human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Regnery, Anderson, Clarridge....The authors paid homage to the innovative work of medical technologist Diane Hensel by naming the species after her. It was initially gr…
GMN 11931 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14136
1993 REGNERY, Russell L.; DOLAN, Matthew J.; WONG, Michael T.; ET AL
Syndrome of Rochalimea henselae adenitis suggesting cat scratch disease.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Dolan, Wong, Regnery....The authors demonstrated that Rochalimea henselae (now Bartonella henselae) is the infectious agent causing cat scratch fever. (Thanks to Juan W…
GMN 11932 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14137
1994 BAKKEN, Johan S.; DUMLER, John Stephen; CHEN, Sheng-Min; ET AL
Human granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in the Upper Midwest United States. A new species emerging?
Order of authorship in the original paper: Bakken, Dumler, Chen. First description of the Ehrlichia ewingii species of Ehrlichiosis (HGE) from a patient in Duluth, Minnesota, though the infectious agent was not yet na…
GMN 10901 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13097
1995 PANCHOLI, Preeti; KOLBERT, Chris P.; MITCHELL, Paul D.; ET AL
Ixodes dammini as a potential vector of human granulocytic Ehrlichiosis.
Order of authorship in the original paper was Pancholi,Kolbert, Mitchell. The authors provided convincing evidence that the tick Ixodes dammini is a common vector for the transmission of HGE (Ehrlichia ewingii). (Than…
GMN 10902 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13098
1995 VENTER, John Craig (1946 – ); SMITH, Hamilton Othanel (1931 – ); FLEISCHMANN, Robert D.; ADAMS, Mark D.; WHITE, Owen; ET AL
Whole-genome random sequencing and assembly of Haemophilus influenzae Rd.
First sequence of the complete genome of a free-living non-viral organism—Haemophilus influenzae—the bacterium that causes lower respiratory tract infections and meningitis in infants and young children. This genome c…
GMN 11343 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13541
1995 SØRENSON, Anne L.; NAGAI, Sadamu; HOUEN, Gunnar; ANDERSEN, Peter Lawaetz; ET AL
Purification and characterization of a low-molecular-mass T-cell antigen secreted by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Andersen and colleagues found that a protein fraction obtained from M. tuberculosis was immunologically active in mice, suggesting that it was one of the proteins recognized by T cells. In this paper the authors ident…
GMN 11997 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14205
1996 CHOMEL, Bruno B.; KASTEN, Rickie W.; FLOYD-HAWKINS, Kim; ET AL
Experimenal transmission of Bartonella henselae by the cat flea.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Chomel, Kasten, Floyd-Hawkins.... Chomel and colleagues studied 47 cattery cats from a private home for 12 months. They found that such cats typically are bacteremic. S…
GMN 11933 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14138
1996 MAHAIRAS, Gregory G.; SABO, Peter J.; HICKEY, Mark J.; ET AL
Molecular analysis of genetic differences between Mycobacterium bovis BCG and virulent M. bovis.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Mahairas, Sabo, Hickey.... From the Abstract: "The live attenuated bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine for the prevention of disease associated with Mycobacterium tu…
GMN 11995 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14203
1998 ROLAND, William E.; EVERETT, E. Dale; CYR, Tracy L.; ET AL
Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Missouri ticks.
Order of authorship in the original paper: Roland, Everett, Cyr. Using PCR, the authors demonstrated that the tick Amblyoma americanum (the Lone Star Tick) was the insect vector of Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Digital facsi…
GMN 10900 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13096
1998 VENTER, John Craig (1946 – ); SMITH, Hamilton Othanel (1931 – ); FRASER, Claire M. (1955 – ); NORRIS, Steven J.; WEINSTOCK, George M. (1949 – ); ET AL
Complete genome sequence of treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Fraser, Norris, Weinstock....Smith, Venter. Sequence of the genome of the bacterium that causes syphilis. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)
GMN 11342 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13540
1998 COLE, S. T.; ET AL
Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence.
Abstract: "Countless millions of people have died from tuberculosis, a chronic infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus. The complete genome sequence of the best-characterized strain of Mycobacterium tubercu…
GMN 11998 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14206
1999 BULLER, Richard; ARENS, Max; HMIEL, S. Paul; ET AL
Ehrlichia ewingii, a newly recognized agent of human Ehrlichiosis.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Buller, Arens, Hmiel. The authors confirmed that the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE), is Ehrlichia ewingii, a pathogen carried by dogs and known in that …
GMN 10903 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13099
2005 TAYLOR, Mark J.; MAKUNDE, Williams Holmes; MCGARRY, Helen F.; ET AL
Macrofilaricidal activity after doxycycline treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti: A double blind randomized placebo-controlled trial.
Order of authorship in the original paper: Taylor, Makunde, McGarry.... The authors treated infection by the parasitic worm Wuchereria bancrofti, cause of elephantiasis (lymphatic filariasis), by killing the Wolbachia…
GMN 11193 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13390
2005 FREDRICS, David N.; FIEDLER, Tina N.; MARRAZZO, Jeanne M.
Molecular identification of bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Fredricks, Fiedler, Marrazzo. Using molecular methods, the authors confirmed that absence or greatly reduced number of Lactobacilli was associated with vaginosis. They …
GMN 11396 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13595
2007 CORR, Sinéad Cristin; LI, Yin; REIDEL, Christian U.; HILL, Colin; ET AL
Bacteriocin production as a mechanism for the antiinfective activity of Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Corr, Li, Reidel...Hill. The authors discovered that Lactobacilli produce a bacteriocin, a peptidic toxin that inhibits the growth of similar or closely related bacteri…
GMN 11478 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13677
2007 EREMEEVA, Marina E.; GERNS, Helen L.; LYDY, Shari L.; ET AL
Bacteremia, fever, and splenomegaly caused by a newly recognized Bartonella species.
The authors described an organism resembling, but different from, Bartonella bacilliformis (Oroya fever) on a patient returning from Peru. The patient recalled numerous insect bites on her legs and feet during her tri…
GMN 11934 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14139
2011 PRITT, Bobbi S.; SLOAN, Lynn M.; JOHNSON, Diep K. Hoang; ET AL
Emergence of a new pathogenic Ehrlichia species, Wisconsin and Minnesota, 2009.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Pritt, Sloan, Johnson. Discovery of a new species of Ehrlichia, initially denoted as "Wisconsin and Minnesota, 2009," that was not related to E. chaffeensiis or E. ewin…
GMN 10904 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13100
2013 NOOD, Els van; VRIEZE, Anne; NIEUWDORP, Max; ET AL
Duodenal infusion of donor feces for recurrent Clostridium difficile.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Nood, Vrieze, Nieuwdorp....This research provided convincing evidence that fecal donation (faecal microbiota transplantation) is more effective therapy for virulent C. …
GMN 11459 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13658
2014 TSIAMIS, George; FALCHETTO, Marco; BRELSFOARD, Corey; ET AL
Presence of extensive Wolbachia symbiont insertions discovered in the genome of its host Glossina morsitans morsitans.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Brelsfoard, Tsiamis, Falchetto....The authors suggested that infection by Wolbachia may give a reproductive advantage to the fly that carries the parasite causing Sleep…
GMN 11341 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13539
2015 PRITT, Bobbi S.; JOHNSON, Diep K. Hoang; SCHIFFMAN, Elizabeth K.; DAVIS, Jeffrey P.; ET AL
Human infection with Ehrlichia muris-like pathogen, United States, 2007-2013.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Johnson, Schiffman, Davis, Pritt. The authors, found some commonality in this pathogen, originally designated generally as "Wisconsin and Minnesota, 2009" with the mous…
GMN 10905 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13101
2016 DUTRA, Heverton Leandor Carneiro; ROCHA, Marcele Neves; MOREIRA, Luciano Andrade; ET AL
Wolbachia blocks currently circulating Zika virus isololates in Brazilian Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
Order of authorship in the original paper: Dutra, Rocha, Moreira. The authors infected lab populations of mosquitos with Wolbachia pipientis, a common parasitic microbe that infects a high proportion of insects. They …
GMN 10942 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13138
2017 PRITT, Bobbi S.; SLOAN, Lynn M.; ALLERDICE, Michelle E. J.; ET AL
Proposal to reclassify Ehrlichia muris as Ehrlichia muris subsp. muris subsp. nov. and description of Ehrlichia muris subsp. eauclairensis subsp. nov., a newly recognized tick borne pathogen of humans.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Pritt, Allderdice, Sloan. By extremely complex genotyping methods and fine electron microscopic analysis of the organism, the authors showed that the infectious agent i…
GMN 10906 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13102
2018 PIEWNGAM, Pipat; ZHENG, Yue; NGUYEN, Thuan H.; ET AL
Pathogen elimination by probiotic Bacillus via signaling interference.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Piewngam, Zheng, Nguygen....The authors discovered a mechanism by which probiotics help maintain a healthy microbiome. They showed that Bacillus subtilis can produce a …
GMN 11480 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13679
2026 CALMETTE, Léon Charles Albert (1863 – 1933); GUÉRIN, Camille (1872 – 1961); SCHWARTZ, David Alan (1953 – ); MIGLIORINI, Lou
Discovery of a handwritten laboratory notebook by Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin describing experimental studies and development of the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis
"Abstract: Background: The Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis is the most widespread vaccine in the world. Discovered by French investigators Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin at the Pasteur I…
GMN 14354 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16684
