David Nunes Nabarro | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 February 1874 London, England |
| Died | 3 October 1958 (aged 84) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University College Hospital |
| Known for | Sleeping Sickness Commission |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pathology |
| Institutions | University College, London Evelina London Children's Hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children |
David Nunes Nabarro FRCP (27 February 1874 – 3 October 1958) was a British physician who was the first bacteriologist at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, and the hospital's first director of pathology.[1] In 1903, he with David Bruce, Aldo Castellani and Cuthbert Christy established that sleeping sickness was caused by the blood parasite, Trypanosoma, and that it was transmitted by tsetse fly.[2]