The dawn of medical microbiology: germ hunters and the discovery of the cause of cholera

J Med Microbiol. 2011 Apr;60(Pt 4):555-558. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.025700-0. Epub 2011 Jan 6.

Author

Eugenia Tognotti¹

Affiliation

¹ History of Medicine and Human Sciences, Medical School, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale San Pietro 10, 07100 Sassari, Italy.

PMID: 21212146
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.025700-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Historical Article
Letter

MeSH terms

Bacteriological Techniques / history*
Cholera / history*
Cholera / microbiology*
History, 19th Century
Humans
Microbiology / history*
Vibrio cholerae / isolation & purification*