Shibasaburo Kitasato

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Shibasaburo Kitasato was a pioneering Japanese bacteriologist best known for co-discovering the causative agent of bubonic plague and for major contributions to immunology and serum therapy.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf bacteriologist
human
immunologist
awardReceived Order of Culture
surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Order of the Rising Sun
Order of the Sacred Treasure
burialPlace Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo
coDiscovered plague bacillus
coDiscoveredWith Alexandre Yersin
commemoratedBy Kitasato University NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1853-01-29
dateOfDeath 1931-06-13
discovered tetanus bacillus in pure culture
doctoralAdvisor Robert Koch
educatedAt Tokyo Imperial University NERFINISHED
University of Berlin NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Japanese
familyName Kitasato
fieldOfWork bacteriology
immunology
infectious disease
founded Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo
surface form: Institute for Infectious Diseases (Tokyo)

Kitasato Institute
givenName Shibasaburo
hasPartInName Kitasato Institute
surface form: Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences
influenced Japanese public health system
development of modern immunology
influencedBy Robert Koch
knownFor co-discovery of Yersinia pestis
development of serum therapy
research on bubonic plague
research on diphtheria antitoxin
research on tetanus
languageOfWorkOrName German
Japanese
memberOf Imperial Academy of Japan NERFINISHED
movement germ theory of disease
name Shibasaburo Kitasato self-link
nativeName 北里 柴三郎
nominatedFor Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
notableStudent Kiyoshi Shiga NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Oguni, Kumamoto, Japan
placeOfDeath Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
positionHeld director of the Institute for Infectious Diseases
member of the House of Peers (Japan)
president of Kitasato Institute
sexOrGender male
workLocation Berlin
Tokyo

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Third Plague Pandemic keyScientist Shibasaburo Kitasato
Shibasaburo Kitasato name Shibasaburo Kitasato self-link
Emil Adolf von Behring workedWith Shibasaburo Kitasato