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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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 1996-09, Vol.348 (9030), p.804-808
Main Author: Vassallo, DJ
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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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Summary: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