Hans Vogel (scientist)

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Hans Vogel (1900-1980) was a German scientist known for his work in helminthology (study of parasites). For much of his career he was associated with his work done at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg.

In the 1930s Vogel was the first to discover the developmental cycle of Opisthorchis felineus, a trematode known to affect the liver in humans and other mammals. In 1955, he described Echinococcus multilocularis as a new species, and a few years later published the life cycle and aetiology of the parasite. He is also credited for developing a specific immunization for macaque monkeys to Schistosoma japonicum, a parasite that causes schistosomiasis.

From 1963-1968, Vogel was Director of the Bernhard Nocht Institute.

[edit] Published Works

• H, Minning W 1953. Über die erworbene Resistenz von Macacus rhesus gegenüber Schistosoma mansoni. T. Z Tropenmed Parasit 4: 418-505.
• Vogel H 1934. Der Entwicklungszyklus von Opistorchis felineus. Far East Assoc Trop Med Nanking) 1: 619-624.
• Vogel H 1955. Über den Entwicklungszyklus und die Artzugehörigkeit des europäischen Alveolarechinococcus. Dtsch Med Wschr 80: 931-932.