Fritz Schaudinn , 1871-1906, German zoologist. He confirmed the work of Sir Ronald Ross and G. B. Grassi on malaria, investigated amoebic dysentery, and in his research on protozoa discovered (1905) with Erich Hoffmann the Treponema pallidum (or Spirochaeta pallida ) of syphilis.
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Syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection
Journal of the National Medical Association; 5/1/2003; Funnye, Allen S; Akhtar, Abbasi J; 10292 words;
... treponemes was coined by the German bacteriologist, Fritz R. Schaudinn in 1905.3 Philip Ricord (1799-1889) was the first ... The etiology of syphilis was discovered in 1905 by Schaudinn and Hoffmann when they visualized spirochetal organisms ...
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