Samuel Taylor Darling
Encyclopedia
Samuel Taylor Darling was an American pathologist and bacteriologist who discovered the pathogen
Histoplasma capsulatum
in 1906. He died in Beirut in a car accident together with British malariologist Norman Lothian
. The 'Darling Prize' for malaria
research was established in his memory.
Pathogen
A pathogen gignomai "I give birth to") or infectious agent — colloquially, a germ — is a microbe or microorganism such as a virus, bacterium, prion, or fungus that causes disease in its animal or plant host...
Histoplasma capsulatum
Histoplasma
Histoplasma is a genus of dimorphic fungi commonly found in bird and bat fecal material. Histoplasma contains a few species, including—H. capsulatum—the causative agent of histoplasmosis; and Histoplasma capsulatum var. farciminosum , causing epizootic lymphangitis in horses...
in 1906. He died in Beirut in a car accident together with British malariologist Norman Lothian
. The 'Darling Prize' for malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...
research was established in his memory.