1907 STIMSON, Arthur Marston (1876 – )

Note on an organism found in yellow-fever tissue.

Stimson discovered a spirochete in the organs of persons dying of (?) yellow fever. He called it Sp. interrogans, but it was almost certainly Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae.

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1916 INADA, Ryukichi (1874 – 1950); ET AL

The etiology, mode of infection, and specific therapy of Weil’s disease (Spirochaetosis icterohaemorrhagica)

Inada, Y. Ido, R. Hoki, R. Kaneko, and H. Ito proved that Sp. (Leptospira) icterohaemorrhagiae is the causal organism in Weil’s disease (Leptospirosis). Preliminary report (in Japanese) in Tokyo Ijishinshi, 1915, No. …

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1917 IDO, Yutaka (1881 – 1919); ET AL

The rat as a carrier of Spirochaeta icterohaemorrhagiae, the causative agent in Weil’s disease (spirochaetosis icterohaemorrhagica)

Rats shown to be the carriers of Leptospira. With R. Hoki, H. Ito, and H. Wani.

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1918 IDO, Yutaka (1881 – 1919)

Spirochaeta hebdomadis, the causative agent of seven-day fever (nanukayami)

Discovery of Leptospira hebdomadis, carried by a mouse. With H. Ito and H. Wani.

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1933 KLARENBEEK, Arie (1888 – ); SCHÜFFNER, Wilhelm August Paul (1867 – 1949)

Het voorkomen van een afwijkend Leptospira-ras in Nederland.

Leptospira canicola first isolated (1913) from the urine of a dog.

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1933 WANI, Hidetsune

Ueber die Prophylaxe der Spirochaetosis icterohaemorrhagica Inada (Weilschen Krankheit) durch Schutzimpfung.

Prophylactic vaccination against leptospirosis.

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1934 DHONT, C. M.; ET AL

De leptospiroses bij den hond, en de beteekenis der Leptospira canicola.

First reported cases of human infection with L. canicola. With A. Klarenbeek, W. A. P. Schüffner, and J. Voet.

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