In memory of Patrick Manson, founding father of tropical medicine and the discovery of vector-borne infections
Patrick Manson, a clinician-scientist serving in China (1866–1889), discovered that many tropical infectious diseases require a vector peculiar to warm climate for person to person transmission. He demonstrated the nocturnal periodicity of microfilariae in the blood of patients with elephantiasis. T...
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| description | Patrick Manson, a clinician-scientist serving in China (1866–1889), discovered that many tropical infectious diseases require a vector peculiar to warm climate for person to person transmission. He demonstrated the nocturnal periodicity of microfilariae in the blood of patients with elephantiasis. These microfilariae undergo metamorphosis when ingested by the mosquito acting as the vector for the completion of their life cycle. Furthermore, he demonstrated the linkage between the lung fluke and endemic haemoptysis by finding operculated eggs in patients’ sputa. He predicted that the miracidium from hatched eggs uses crustaceans, such as fresh-water snails found at tropical conditions, as the intermediate hosts in the life cycle of many trematodes. His vector hypothesis leads to vector control which is now the cornerstone for the World Health Organization’s programme for the elimination/control of lymphatic filariasis, dracunculiasis and malaria. Before leaving China, he established the Alice Memorial Hospital, the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (the forerunner of the University of Hong Kong), and the Hong Kong Medical Society for medical service and education. He also incepted the Hong Kong Dairy Farm for supplying hygienic milk affordable by pregnant women, children and patients.Emerging Microbes & Infections (2012) 1, e31; doi:10.1038/emi.2012.32 |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5b9ddf302b64c26a3e6c43b413cd8d12023-10-12T10:27:59ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEmerging Microbes and Infections2222-17512012-07-01111710.1038/emi.2012.32In memory of Patrick Manson, founding father of tropical medicine and the discovery of vector-borne infectionsKelvin KW To0Kwok-Yung YuenDepartment of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Research Centre for Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaPatrick Manson, a clinician-scientist serving in China (1866–1889), discovered that many tropical infectious diseases require a vector peculiar to warm climate for person to person transmission. He demonstrated the nocturnal periodicity of microfilariae in the blood of patients with elephantiasis. These microfilariae undergo metamorphosis when ingested by the mosquito acting as the vector for the completion of their life cycle. Furthermore, he demonstrated the linkage between the lung fluke and endemic haemoptysis by finding operculated eggs in patients’ sputa. He predicted that the miracidium from hatched eggs uses crustaceans, such as fresh-water snails found at tropical conditions, as the intermediate hosts in the life cycle of many trematodes. His vector hypothesis leads to vector control which is now the cornerstone for the World Health Organization’s programme for the elimination/control of lymphatic filariasis, dracunculiasis and malaria. Before leaving China, he established the Alice Memorial Hospital, the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (the forerunner of the University of Hong Kong), and the Hong Kong Medical Society for medical service and education. He also incepted the Hong Kong Dairy Farm for supplying hygienic milk affordable by pregnant women, children and patients.Emerging Microbes & Infections (2012) 1, e31; doi:10.1038/emi.2012.32https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1038/emi.2012.32Patrick Mansontropical diseasevector |
| spellingShingle | Kelvin KW To Kwok-Yung Yuen In memory of Patrick Manson, founding father of tropical medicine and the discovery of vector-borne infections Emerging Microbes and Infections Patrick Manson tropical disease vector |
| title | In memory of Patrick Manson, founding father of tropical medicine and the discovery of vector-borne infections |
| title_full | In memory of Patrick Manson, founding father of tropical medicine and the discovery of vector-borne infections |
| title_fullStr | In memory of Patrick Manson, founding father of tropical medicine and the discovery of vector-borne infections |
| title_full_unstemmed | In memory of Patrick Manson, founding father of tropical medicine and the discovery of vector-borne infections |
| title_short | In memory of Patrick Manson, founding father of tropical medicine and the discovery of vector-borne infections |
| title_sort | in memory of patrick manson founding father of tropical medicine and the discovery of vector borne infections |
| topic | Patrick Manson tropical disease vector |
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