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Born January 29, 1853 • Japan
Died June 13, 1931 (aged 78) • Japan
Subjects Of Study Yersinia pestis • bubonic plague

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Kitasato Shibasaburo, c. 1928.
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Tasuku Honjo
Japanese immunologist
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David Bruce
British physician
Robert Koch
Robert Koch
German bacteriologist
Sir Alexander Fleming sits holding a petri dish in one hand, wearing a suit and bow tie, with papers stacked beside him.
Alexander Fleming
Scottish bacteriologist
Walter Reed
Walter Reed
American pathologist and bacteriologist
Yersin, Alexandre
Alexandre Yersin
French bacteriologist
Bordet, Jules
Jules Bordet
Belgian bacteriologist
Nicolle, Charles-Jules-Henri
Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle
French bacteriologist
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Sir William Watson Cheyne, 1st Baronet
British surgeon and bacteriologist
Sir Ronald Ross, bronze relief by Frank Bowcher, 1929; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Ronald Ross
British doctor
Emil von Behring, 1914.
Emil von Behring
German bacteriologist
Agramonte y Simoni, Aristides
Aristides Agramonte y Simoni
Cuban-born physician, pathologist, and bacteriologist
Gerhard Domagk
Gerhard Domagk
German scientist
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Fernand-Isidore Widal
French physician and bacteriologist
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Guy de Chauliac
French physician
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Hiroshi Nakajima
Japanese physician
Ōmura Satoshi
Ōmura Satoshi
Japanese microbiologist
Ohsumi, Yoshinori
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Japanese biologist
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Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
Shiga Kiyoshi
Shiga Kiyoshi
Japanese bacteriologist