Louis Herbert Manceaux (1865–1934) [1] was a French physician, parasitologist, and co-discover of Toxoplasma gondii with Charles Nicolle in 1908. [2]
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 Pasteur Intstitute of Paris and practice medicine in Paris. [5]
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]
Louis Herbert Manceaux (1865–1934) [1] was a French physician, parasitologist, and co-discover of Toxoplasma gondii with Charles Nicolle in 1908. [2]
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 Pasteur Intstitute of Paris and practice medicine in Paris. [5]
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]