里克斯逝世 100 周年：霍华德·泰勒·里克斯（1871-1910）。里克斯氏菌科的命名者。

100th anniversary of the death of Ricketts: Howard Taylor Ricketts (1871-1910). The namesake of the Rickettsiaceae family.

机构信息

Institute for History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine, Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University, University Hospital of Aachen, Wendlingweg 2, Aachen, Germany.

出版信息

Microbes Infect. 2011 Jan;13(1):10-3. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2010.09.008. Epub 2010 Oct 1.

DOI:10.1016/j.micinf.2010.09.008

PMID:20888424

Abstract

The US American pathologist and microbiologist Howard Taylor Ricketts died 100 years ago. He is renowned for discovering the causative organism and the transmission route of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and of tabardillo--an epidemic louse-borne typhus occurring especially in Mexico. He also found that both diseases were caused by related infectious agents (Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia prowazekii). The scientific community therefore named both a taxonomic family (Rickettsiaceae) and an order (Rickettsiales) after the scientist. Ricketts' work on immunity and serums became the basis for further advances in vaccine development.

摘要

美国病理学家和微生物学家霍华德·泰勒·里克斯（Howard Taylor Ricketts）逝世 100 周年。他因发现落矶山斑点热和塔巴德略热（tabardillo）的病原体和传播途径而闻名，这两种疾病都是由虱子传播的斑疹伤寒，尤其在墨西哥流行。他还发现这两种疾病都是由相关的传染性病原体（立克次体立克次体和普氏立克次体）引起的。因此，科学界以这位科学家的名字命名了一个分类科（立克次体科）和一个目（立克次体目）。里克斯关于免疫和血清的研究为疫苗开发的进一步进展奠定了基础。