David Nunes Nabarro
David Nunes Nabarro FRCP (27 February 1874 – 3 October 1958) was a British physician who was the first bacteriologist at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, and the hospital's first director of pathology. In 1903, he with David Bruce, Aldo Castellani and Cuthbert Christy established that sleeping sickness was caused by the blood parasite, Trypanosoma, and that it was transmitted by tsetse fly.
David Nunes Nabarro | |
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| Born | 27 February 1874 London, England |
| Died | 3 October 1958 (aged 84) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University College Hospital |
| Known for | Sleeping Sickness Commission |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pathology |
| Institutions | University College, London Evelina London Children's Hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children |
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