The saga of brucellosis: controversy over credit for linking Malta fever with goats' milk

Vassallo discusses the controversy over the credit for the discovery that Brucella melitensis was found in goats' milk. Temistocles Zammit was the man who made the fundamental discovery on Jun 14, 1905 that the goat was the reservoir of brucellosis.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 1996-09, Vol.348 (9030), p.804-808
1. Verfasser:	Vassallo, DJ
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Bacteria Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen Bacteriology - history Biological and medical sciences Bruce Brucellosis - history D Bruce England Goats History History of medicine History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Horrocks Human bacterial diseases Humans Infections Infectious diseases Malta Medical sciences Milk Scientists T Zammit W H Horrocks Zammit Zammit, Temistocles
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Zusammenfassung:	Vassallo discusses the controversy over the credit for the discovery that Brucella melitensis was found in goats' milk. Temistocles Zammit was the man who made the fundamental discovery on Jun 14, 1905 that the goat was the reservoir of brucellosis.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(96)05470-0