Weil, Adolf (English spelling) WeilAdolf

Japanese: Weil,Adolf(英語表記)WeilAdolf
Weil, Adolf (English spelling) WeilAdolf

...An infectious disease caused by leptospirosis. It is called "Weil's disease" because four cases were first described in 1886 by Adolf Weil (1848-1916) of Germany, but academically it is more correct to call it "icteric hemorrhagic leptospirosis" in accordance with the name given by the discoverers of the pathogen, Inada Ryokichi and Ido Yutaka. The pathogen was discovered by Inada and Ido in 1915 and is now called Leptospira interrogans subvar. icterohaemorrhagiae , but some cases are caused by subvar. copenhageni , which has a slightly different antigenic structure. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Weil, Adolf" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…レプトスピラによる感染症。1886年ドイツのワイルAdolf Weil(1848‐1916)が初めて本病の4例を記載したため,〈ワイル病〉と呼ばれているが,学術的には,本病の病原体発見者稲田竜吉(いなだりようきち),井戸泰(いどゆたか)の命名に従って,〈黄疸出血性レプトスピラ病〉と呼ぶのが正しい。病原体は1915年稲田と井戸によって発見され,現在はLeptospira interrogans subvar.icterohaemorrhagiaeと呼ばれるが,それと抗原構造が少し異なるsubvar.copenhageniによるものもある。…

※「Weil,Adolf」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Weil, G.

>>:  Weihnachtsmann

Recommend

Lychnis miqueliana (English spelling) Lychnismiqueliana

…[Eiji Miki] [Munemin Yanagi]. … *Some of the ter...

Cryoprecipitate

...Plasma preparations include plasma components ...

Racer

...A general term for a long, slender, whip-like ...

Frog - Frog

…[Aramata Hiroshi] In Japan, plantain is dried an...

Pinter - Pintar (English spelling) Harold Pinter

British playwright. Born in the working-class of ...

Evangelical Church in Germany - Evangelical Church in Germany

A union of Protestant churches in the Federal Repu...

Olympic Charter

...The principles of the Olympic movement that pu...

Shuni-e

A Buddhist ceremony held at the beginning of Febr...

Notice board - Notice board

〘noun〙① A signboard on which rules, regulations, p...

Committee of Poor Peasants - Komitety bednoty

A committee established by decree of the All-Russi...

Skateboard - suketoboudo (English spelling) skateboard

A 70-110cm long board with two wheels on each sid...

Arsenic acid (Hisan)

Chemical formula: H 3 AsO 4 . Also known as orthoa...

Eastbound - Eastern Flower

To travel around the eastern side of a region. Als...

Anjo

A city in the central and southern part of Aichi P...

Yellow phosphorus (Phosphorus)

An allotrope of phosphorus. Pure phosphorus is col...