| Date | 1868 |
| Author | Obermeier |
| Contribution | Discovered spirochaete of relapsing fever. |
| Reference | Anon. |
| Notes | Also called recurrent fever. Tick-borne Borrelia. Note that Garrison gives1873, whereas Ackerman gives1868. Lechevalier and Solotorovsky also give 1873, and say that Otto Obermeier saw thread-like structures in blood during relapsing fever bouts but not between bouts. Probably had significant impact; see LS p. 68. |
| Category | Causation |
| Pathogen Class | Bacteria |
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