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Aldo Castellani, MD

Affiliations: 
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England, United Kingdom 
Area:
Sleeping Sickness, Yaws, Mycology
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1877-1971. Castellani described the etiologic agent of sleeping sickness working in Uganda. Born in Italy, he studied medicine in Florence. He later served as the Bacteriologist for Ceylon and then was Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He studied many parasitic diseases and fungal pathogens, especially of the skin. Castellani's paint is named for him (Carbol fuschin), a therapy for fungal skin infections.

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George Carmichael Low collaborator 1903-1903 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Castellani A, Low GC, Nabarro D, et al. (1927) DE KRUIF'S MICROBE HUNTERS. Science (New York, N.Y.). 65: 325
Castellani A, Low GC, Nabarro D, et al. (1926) Apocryphal Medical Science Nature. 118: 518-518
Castellani A, Low GC, Nabarro D, et al. (1926) Microbe Hunters—A Denial Jama. 87: 1321-1322
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