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Bust at Instituto Butantan. 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.
Aug 16, 2014 · Brazilian physician and researcher Henrique da Rocha Lima was born in 1879 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The son of renowned clinician Carlos Henrique da Rocha Lima and Hermizilia Cassia da Rocha Lima obtained his degree if M.D. in 1901 from the National Medical School and travelled to Germany to specialize in Clinical Medicine. 1.
- Fred Bernardes Filho, João Carlos Regazzi Avelleira
- 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153945
- 2015
- May-Jun 2015
Apr 3, 2023 · Although Nicolle did not determine the infectious agent that causes epidemic typhus, his discovery of the vector proved instrumental in helping control its outbreaks. In 1916, Brazilian physician Henrique da Rocha Lima established that the disease was caused by a bacterium he named Rickettsia prowazekii.
- Byron Breedlove
- Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Apr; 29(4): 871-872.
- 10.3201/eid2904.AC2904
- 2023/04
In 1916, Brazilian physician Henrique da Rocha Lima established that the disease was caused by a bacterium he named Rickettsia prowazekii. That name honors the legacy of American pathologist Howard T. Ricketts and Czech bacteriologist Stanislaus Joseph Mathias von Prowazek, Rocha Lima’s colleague, both of whom contracted fatal cases of typhus ...
Rickettsia da Rocha Lima, 1916 Type species: Rickettsia prowazekii da Rocha Lima, 1916 References [edit] H. da Rocha-Lima: Zur Aetiologie des Fleckfeibers. Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift 53: 567–569 (1916). List of Prokaryotic Names ; Vernacular names [edit]
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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 ...
