Satyu Yamaguti

Satyu Yamaguti
山口 左仲
Satyu Yamaguti
Born(1894-04-21)21 April 1894
Died11 March 1976(1976-03-11) (aged 81)
Kyoto, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Scientific career
FieldsParasitology
InstitutionsKyoto University, Okayama University, University of Hawaii, Tulane University

Satyu Yamaguti (山口 左仲, Yamaguchi Sachū, 21 April 1894 – 11 March 1976) was a Japanese parasitologist, entomologist, and helminthologist. He was a specialist of mosquitoes and helminths such as digeneans, monogeneans, cestodes, acanthocephalans and nematodes. He also worked on the parasitic crustaceans Copepoda and Branchiura. Satyu Yamaguti wrote more than 60 scientific papers[1] and, more importantly, several huge monographs which are still in use by scientists all over the world and were cited over 1,000 times each.[2]

  1. ^ Anonymous. 1983. Special edition: A list of papers by Dr. Satyu Yamaguti and his collaborators and a notice on their distribution. The Meguro Parasitological Museum News, 153 (58), 1-12. PDF Open access icon
  2. ^ Google Scholar: papers and books authored by Satyu Yamaguti and their citations