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Date1803
AuthorWinterbottom
ContributionDescribed sleeping sickness in West Africa.
ReferenceMajor
Notes"Winterbottom's Sign" (swollen glands in neck) became important in diagnosis, but another century (approximately) was to elapse before the causative germ (protozoon) would be discovered.
CategoryMiscellany
Pathogen ClassProtozoa

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