Amico Bignami

Amico Bignami
Born(1862-04-15)15 April 1862
Bologna, Italy
Died8 September 1929(1929-09-08) (aged 67)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
CitizenshipItaly
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
Known forMarchiafava–Bignami disease
Transmission of malaria
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
Malariology
InstitutionsSapienza University of Rome
Ospedale riuniti di Roma

Amico Bignami (15 April 1862 – 8 September 1929) was an Italian physician, pathologist, malariologist and sceptic. He was professor of pathology at Sapienza University of Rome. His most important scientific contribution was in the discovery of transmission of human malarial parasite in the mosquito.[1][2]

With researcher Ettore Marchiafava he described a neurological disease, which is now given the eponymous name Marchiafava–Bignami disease.[3]

  1. ^ Roncalli Amici, Raffaele (2001). "The history of Italian parasitology". Veterinary Parasitology. 98 (1–3): 3–30. doi:10.1016/S0304-4017(01)00420-4. PMID 11516576.
  2. ^ "Amico Bignami". Whonamedit?. Ole Daniel Enersen. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  3. ^ Morton, Leslie T.; Moore, Robert J. (2005). A Bibliography of Medical and Bio-medical Biography (3 ed.). Aldershot: Ashgate. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-75-465069-0.

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