Kitasato Shibasaburō
Japanese physician and bacteriologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Baron Kitasato Shibasaburō (北里 柴三郎, January 29 [O.S. 17 January] , 1853 – June 13, 1931) [1] was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in Hong Kong during an outbreak in 1894, almost simultaneously with Alexandre Yersin.
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In this Japanese name, the surname is Kitasato.
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Kitasato Shibasaburō | |
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Born | (1853-01-29)January 29, 1853 |
Died | June 13, 1931(1931-06-13) (aged 78) |
Nationality | Japanese |
Known for | Co-discoverer of Bubonic plague in Hong Kong |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bacteriology |
Institutions | Tokyo Imperial University |
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Kitasato was nominated for the first annual Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901.[2] Kitasato and Emil von Behring, working together in Berlin in 1890, announced the discovery of diphtheria antitoxin serum. Von Behring was awarded the 1901 Nobel Prize because of this work, but Kitasato was not.