Amico Bignami | |
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| Born | 15 April 1862 Bologna, Italy |
| Died | 8 September 1929 (aged 67) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Citizenship | Italy |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Known for | Marchiafava–Bignami disease Transmission of malaria |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine Malariology |
| Institutions | Sapienza University of Rome Ospedale riuniti di Roma |
Amico Bignami (15 April 1862 – 8 September 1929) was an Italian physician, pathologist, malariologist and sceptic. He was professor of pathology at Sapienza University of Rome. His most important scientific contribution was in the discovery of transmission of human malarial parasite in the mosquito.[1][2]
With researcher Ettore Marchiafava he described a neurological disease, which is now given the eponymous name Marchiafava–Bignami disease.[3]
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- ^ Morton, Leslie T.; Moore, Robert J. (2005). A Bibliography of Medical and Bio-medical Biography (3 ed.). Aldershot: Ashgate. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-75-465069-0.