Louis Herbert Manceaux (1865–1934)[1] was a French physician, parasitologist, and co-discover of Toxoplasma gondii with Charles Nicolle in 1908.[2]

Biography

Manceaux's life is not well known, but he was physician-scientist recruited by Charles Nicolle to study at the Pasteur Institute of Tunis.[3] He assisted Nicolle with capturing gundi in the Djerid Desert to study a parasite associated with a disease known as oriental sore in North Africa.[3] The parasite observed in the tissue samples rodents was originally named Leishmania gondii in 1908.[4] Upon further analysis, they concluded that the parasite was a newly discovered genus, so it was renamed to Toxoplasma gondii in 1909. After his discovery, Manceaux served as a French military doctor and was on active duty with medical corps during World War I.[5] After retiring from the Army, he went on to work for the Pastuer Intstitute of Paris and practice medicine in Paris.[5]

Works

1908, Sur une infection a corps de Leishman (on organismes voisons) du gondi, Nicolle C, Manceaux L [4]

1909, Sur un protozoaire nouveau du gondi, Nicolle C, Manceaux L[6]

References

  1. ^ Morrissette, NS; Ajioka, JW (2009). "The early years of Toxoplasma research: What's past is prologue". Int J Parasitol. 39 (8): 865–9. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.010. PMC 2727930. PMID 19250939.
  2. ^ Ferguson, DJ (March 2009). "Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 104 (2): 133–48. doi:10.1590/s0074-02762009000200003. hdl:1807/57623. PMID 19430635.
  3. ^ a b Moulin, A. M. (1993-01-01). "Historical introduction: the Institut Pasteur's contribution". Research in Immunology. 144 (1): 8–13. doi:10.1016/S0923-2494(05)80089-6. ISSN 0923-2494. PMID 8451524.
  4. ^ a b Nicolle, C.; Manceaux, L. H. (July 2009). "On a Leishman body infection (or related organisms) of the gondi". International Journal for Parasitology. 39 (8): 863–864. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.001. ISSN 0020-7519. PMID 19630137.
  5. ^ a b Morrissette, NS; Ajioka, JW (2009). "The early years of Toxoplasma research: What's past is prologue". Int J Parasitol. 39 (8): 865–9. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.010. PMC 2727930. PMID 19250939.
  6. ^ "Sur un nouveau genre de Zeides". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 148: 873–874. 1909. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20010. ISSN 0001-4036.


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