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Timeline of The History of PARASITOLOGY
Timeline of The History of PARASITOLOGY
Timeline of The History of PARASITOLOGY
HISTORY OF THE
PARASITOLOGY
2000 BC
pharaoh statue
Mentuhotep II in
Egypt suffers elephantiasis
2700 BC
In relation to malaria,
there are reports of
periodic fevers in China.
EGYPT
Existence of
Dracunculus medinensis ,
described as a “dragon
snake
EBERS PAPYRUS
Firsts records
parasitological where I know
1250A describe some parasites, in
1200 BC addition to possible parasitic
origins such as the nematode
Dracunculo medinensis.
HIPPOCRATE
S
Descriptions of worms present in
fish, domestic animals and 1000
humans.
Lucrecio's notification of of
paleness in miners, probable for
hookworm consequence. of
Documentation referring to
the presence of diarrhea with
mucus and blood in an
individual, possibly from an
amoebic infection
GIROLAMO FRACASTORO
168
1
LINE OF
THE FRANCESCO REDI
ANTONJ VAN
LEEUWENHO
EK
TIME
He expounded his theory of spontaneous
generation, in which he maintained that organisms
are derived from inert material.
He discovered the protozoan Giardia lamblia in his
own diarrheal feces.
A.J. RENOULT
EDWARD JENNER
of hematuria in the
schistosomiasis manifested
among soldiers.
EJ tested his vaccine against I EDWARD TYSON
smallpo
x.
He explained the
morphology of tapeworms
and their physiology.
. ( 1798
JAMES PIAGET
—1 1835
FORBES
RUDOLF VIRCHOW
ZENKER
WILHELM
GRIESINGER
discovered it.
RV detailed He explained this disease
(hookworms).
FRENCH INFECTIVE SI
AGE
ALEXIS LBN-
RELEASE
NORMAND
EDOARDO PERRONCITO
I 1878 I
He described hookworm
infection in miners.
STILES
I THE DYNESHVAR
i 1915
I
Ub
They
that
demonstrated
mosquitoes of the genus
Phlebotomus transmitted to
Leishmania. i LEIPER
ib
species
differentiated the eggs
morphologically; described the
skin infection and recognized a
mollusk as r 1921 I host
parasite intermediary
S. haematobium and S. mansoni.
í FAUST AND
MELANY Ib
I N ISHIGONI AND
FAUST I
They pointed ub
out that it is
possible
autoinfection from
1926
intestine, by Strongyloides
BLACK
Demonstrated transmitting volvulus bacteria.
Í REINHORD I that
wb Simulium., the
Onchocerca
FAUST I
I 1957 I developmental
OR
and
parasite
sexual Strongyloides
differentiation of
Toxoplasma
I 1970
Il ROBERT POULIN I
Ub
Establishes the phylogeny of the
diplomonadid protists or
Trepomonas based on 23
structural characters and a in
work by Sidda.
—0 1998 I
Marshall warren
I 2010 I
OR They discovered that antibiotics
are effective
for the treatment against
parasites and bacteria
Institute
announce the Nobel Prize in
medicine, rewarding three
scientists who made advances on
diseases
Bibliographic references
• Becerril, Marco Antonio. 2014. Medical Parasitology. Mc Graw Hill Publishing. 4
Edition. History of parasitology. Recovered from:
https://accessmedicina.mhmedical.com/content.aspx ?
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