BRUCE, Sir David (1855 – 1931)
1855 – 1931
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source see above · Dietmar Steverding. The history of African trypanosomiasis. Parasites & Vectors 2008, 1:3doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-3 · CC BY 2.0
1887
#5098
Note on the discovery of a micro-organism in Malta fever.
Malta fever was shown by Bruce to be due to Micrococcus (Brucella) melitensis. The disease was later named Brucellosis.
1895
#5273
Preliminary report on the tsetse fly disease or nagana, in Zululand.
In 1895 Bruce found that nagana, the tsetse fly disease of Zululand, was due to a trypanosome (T. brucei). He described a hematozoon in the blood of the affected animals that had not been previously described. Digital…
1896
#11077
Further report on the tsetse fly disease or nagana, in Zululand.
In this more-detailed follow-up to his "preliminary" paper of 1895 published in Durban, South Africa, Bruce provided definitive proof that the Trypanosoma was the cause of nagana, and the tsetse fly was the vector of …
1903 –1919
#5277
Reports of the Sleeping Sickness Commission of the Royal Society, 1903-1912. 17 pts.
Bruce and D.N. Nabarro were sent to Africa by the Royal Society to study sleeping sickness, and in their report they showed that the tsetse fly was the vector of trypanosomiasis. They also found that Gambia fever and …