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Henrique da Rocha Lima (24 November 1879 – 12 April 1956) was a Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist born in Rio de Janeiro. With his friend, Stanislaus von Prowazek, he described what would later be known as Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus.
Henrique da Rocha Lima was a Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist born in Rio de Janeiro. With his friend, Stanislaus von Prowazek, he described what would later be known as Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus. Rocha Lima named the organism after Prowazek and American bacteriologist Howard Taylor Ricketts .
The discovery of the etiological agent of the exanthematous type is the masterpiece of Rocha Lima, who also studied rickettsia, Peruvian wart, blastomycosis, Chagas disease, poradenitis and hemoglobinuric fever.
Aug 16, 2014 · Abstract. Brazilian physician and researcher Henrique da Rocha Lima was born in 1879 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where he studied medicine and obtained the degree of M.D. in 1901. He specialized in Clinical Medicine in Germany and was the ambassador in European countries of the scientific medicine that emerged from the Oswaldo Cruz Institute ...
- Fred Bernardes Filho, João Carlos Regazzi Avelleira
- 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153945
- 2015
- May-Jun 2015
Mar 1, 2013 · PDF | This article follows the career of the Brazilian physician Henrique da Rocha Lima, one of the first to join the group of young researchers... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
Pesquisa. Medicina. Henrique da Rocha Lima ( Rio de Janeiro, 24 de novembro de 1879 — São Paulo, 26 de abril de 1956) foi um médico sanitarista, patologista e bacteriologista brasileiro. Ele descobriu o causador da doença tifo, a bactéria Rickettsia prowazekii.
Henrique da Rocha Lima (1879–1956) was a Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist. Working in Germany, he discovered Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of endemic typhus. Rickettsia prowazekii was named after German zoologist Stanislaus von Prowazek.
