David Bruce (microbiologist)
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Sir David Bruce (May 29, 1855, Melbourne - November 27, 1931) was a Scottish pathologist and microbiologist who investigated the Malta-fever and trypanosomes, identifying the cause of sleeping sickness. He won the Leeuwenhoek Medal in 1915.
Brucella is a genus of the Bacteriaceae which is named for him. Brucella melitensis is the cause of undulant fever in man and of abortion in goats. It is usually transmitted by goat's milk.
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- Malta fever
- Mediterranean fever
- continued fever
- Cyprus fever
- goat fever
- Gibraltar fever
- mountain fever
- Neapolitan fever
- rock fever
- slow fever
- febris melitensis
- febris undulans
- Bruce's septicemia
- melitensis septicemia
- melitococcosis
- Brucellosis
- Brucelliasis
