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Zur Aetiologie des Abdominaltyphus.

GAFFKY, Georg Theodor August (1850 – 1918) Wikipedia

Mitt. k. GesundhAmte, 2, 372-420. 1884.

Gaffky was the first to grow pure cultures of Salmonella typhi; he showed it to be the true activator of the disease. English translation, New Sydenham Society, 1886. Digital facsimile of the 1884 printing from Google Books at this link.

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Microbiology & Virology

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BACTERIOLOGY › BACTERIA (mostly pathogenic; sometimes indexed only to genus) › Gram-Negative Bacteria › Salmonella › Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Salmonellosis INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Salmonellosis › Typhoid Fever

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External URL	zur-aetiologie-des-abdominaltyphus