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

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-558

  Tognotti, Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHOLERA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LETTER; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROSCOPE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIBRIONACEAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79953015328     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.025700-0     Document Type: Letter

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