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Zur Aetiologie der Dysenterie in Aegypten.

KARTULIS, Stephanos (1852 – 1920)

Virchows Arch. path. Anat., 105, 521-31. 1886.

Kartulis discovered amoebae in liver abscess. It was principally through the work of Kartulis that amoebae came to be considered the cause of dysentery in man.

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Ancient
Africa & Middle East
Microbiology & Virology

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COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Egypt INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Amoebiasis

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