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La peste bubonique à Hong-Kong.
Publication Details
Ann. Inst. Pasteur, 8, 662-67. Paris, 1894 CE.
Yersin discovered the plague bacillus Pasteurella (Yersinia) pestis, isolating it from excised buboes. He published the first account of this organism. Preliminary note in C. R. Acad. Sci. (Paris), 1894, 119, 356.
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Thematic Classifications
BACTERIOLOGY › BACTERIA (mostly pathogenic; sometimes indexed only to genus) › Gram-Negative Bacteria › PasteurellaBACTERIOLOGY › BACTERIA (mostly pathogenic; sometimes indexed only to genus) › Gram-Negative Bacteria › Yersinia pestisCOUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › China, People's Republic ofINFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Flea-Borne Diseases › Plague (transmitted by fleas from rats to humans)
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #5125 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/6113 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | la-peste-bubonique-hongkong |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Paris