Nicolle, Charles Jules Henri

Kim Pelis, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002435

1866–1936 French bacteriologist who discovered the louse transmission of typhus.

Keywords: bacteriology; typhus; pasteur institute; nobel; tunisia

Figure 1. Charles Jules Henri Nicolle (1866-1936).
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 Further Reading
    book Nicolle C (1930) Naissance, Vie et Mort des Maladies Infectieuses. Paris: Félix Alcan.
    book Huet M (1995) Le Pommier et L'Olivier: Charles Nicolle, une biographie (1866–1936). Paris: Sauramps Médical.
    book Lot G (1961) Charles Nicolle et la Biologie Conquérante. Paris: Seghers.
    Numero Commemoratif Cinquantenaire de la Mort de Charles Nicolle (1986) Archives de l'Institute Pasteur de Tunis 63 (March).
    Pelis K (1997) Prophet for profit in French North Africa: Charles Nicolle and the Pasteur Institute of Tunis, 1903–1936. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 71: 583–622.

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Pelis, Kim(Apr 2001) Nicolle, Charles Jules Henri. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002435]