Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi (野口 英世, Noguchi Hideyo, November 9, 1876 – May 21, 1928), also known as Seisaku Noguchi (野口 清作, Noguchi Seisaku), was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who in 1911 discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease.
Hideyo Noguchi | |||||
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野口 英世 | |||||
| Born | November 9, 1876 Inawashiro, Fukushima, Japan | ||||
| Died | May 21, 1928 (aged 51) | ||||
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City, US | ||||
| Known for | syphilis Treponema pallidum | ||||
| Scientific career | |||||
| Fields | bacteriology | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 野口 英世 | ||||
| Hiragana | のぐち ひでよ | ||||
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