Tang Feifan | |
|---|---|
湯飛凡 | |
 Tang Feifan in 1944 in Kunming, Yunnan. | |
| Born | Tang Ruizhao (湯瑞昭) July 23, 1897 |
| Died | September 30, 1958 (aged 61) Beijing, China |
| Alma mater | Chengnan School Xiangya College of Medicine Yale University Peking Union Medical College Harvard University |
| Known for | Chlamydia trachomatis |
| Spouse |
He Lian
(m. 1925; died 1958) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medical microbiology |
| Institutions | Central Epidemic Prevention Laboratory |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans Zinsser |
Tang Feifan (simplified Chinese: 汤飞凡; traditional Chinese: 湯飛凡; pinyin: Tāng Fēifán; July 23, 1897 – September 30, 1958) was a Chinese medical microbiologist best known for culturing the Chlamydia trachomatis agent in the yolk sacs of eggs.[1][2]
Tang was persecuted during the "Pulling Out Bourgeois White Flag Movement" and committed suicide in 1958.
- ^ Philip S. Brachman and Elias Abrutyn (2009-07-23). Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control. ISBN 9780387098425.
- ^ Kumar (2010-01-01). Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. W.B. Saunders Company. ISBN 9780808924029.