Open AccessHuman and animal health on three continents—a biography of the early life of Karl Friedrich Meyer (1884–1974)
Author(s) -
A. Pospischil
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pathogens and disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.983
H-Index - 105
ISSN - 2049-632X
DOI - 10.1093/femspd/ftv039
Subject(s) - ornithosis , plague (disease) , biography , leptospirosis , ethnology , history , geography , virology , zoology , environmental ethics , ancient history , biology , philosophy , art history
Karl Friedrich Meyer (KF) was born and educated as a veterinarian in Europe; he researched infectious diseases in Europe, South Africa and the United States. He is one of the true forefathers of the 'one health-one medicine' concept. The broad scope of his research covered botulism, leptospirosis, brucellosis, plague, ornithosis, Western equine encephalitis, mussel poisoning and clostridia. This manuscript adds some more details of his early biography
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