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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 .
His histopathological research resulted in a profound change in the anatomical and clinical concept of yellow fever. 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 · 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 in the ...
- Fred Bernardes Filho, João Carlos Regazzi Avelleira
- 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153945
- 2015
- May-Jun 2015
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. [ 1] Henrique da Rocha Lima, recebeu diploma de médico na Escola de Medicina de Rio de Janeiro em 1905.
- 26 de abril de 1956, São Paulo, SP
- Medicina
- 24 de novembro de 1879, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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 .
A travaillé pour. Université de São Paulo. Membre de. Académie Léopoldine. modifier - modifier le code - modifier Wikidata. Henrique da Rocha Lima (né en 1879 à Rio de Janeiro - mort en 1956) est un médecin, pathologiste et infectiologue brésilien. Il a notamment découvert Rickettsia prowazekii, l'agent pathogène du typhus .
Henrique (given name) 1879 births; 1956 deaths; Physicians from São Paulo (state) Biologists from Brazil; 19th-century physicians; 20th-century physicians; 19th-century biologists; 20th-century biologists; Births in Rio de Janeiro (city) Deaths in São Paulo
