Albert Neisser (1855-1916) was a German physician and microbiologist born in Schweidnitz, Prussia, who studied medicine at the University of Breslau and later became a professor there, heading its dermatology hospital. In 1879 he identified the bacterium responsible for gonorrhea, later named Neisseria gonorrhoeae in his honor, establishing its infectious cause. He was also a co-discoverer of the bacterium responsible for leprosy. As a specialist in sexually transmitted diseases, he collaborated with Paul Ehrlich and August von Wassermann on syphilis research and the development of diagnostic testing for the disease.
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Dermatologist and venereologist who identified the gonococcus in 1879.
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Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (Wikipedia)
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Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (22 January 1855, Schweidnitz, 30 July 1916, Breslau) was a German physician who discovered the causative agent (pathogen) of gonorrhea, a strain of bacteria that was named in his honour (Neisseria gonorrhoeae).
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