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Willy Burgdorfer | |
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 Willy Burgdorfer inoculating Ornithodoros ticks, 1954. | |
| Born | June 27, 1925 Basel, Switzerland |
| Died | November 17, 2014 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | University of Basel |
| Known for | Borrelia burgdorferi |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Entomology |
| Thesis | Analyse des Infektionsverlaufes bei Ornithodorus moubata (Murray) und der natürlichen Übertragung von Spirochaeta duttoni (1951) |
Wilhelm Burgdorfer (June 27, 1925 – November 17, 2014) was a Swiss-American scientist and an international leader in the field of medical entomology. He discovered the bacterial pathogen that causes Lyme disease, a spirochete named Borrelia burgdorferi in his honor.[1]
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