William M. Hutchison

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William McPhee Hutchison (born July 2, 1924 in Glasgow , † December 28, 1998 ) was a British biologist.

In the mid-1960s, at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Hutchison discovered that the toxoplasmosis parasite can be transmitted from cats to humans and could survive in oocyst form for up to a year. Together with Jørgen C. Siim and others, he investigated its life cycle. In the 1970s and 1980s, he and others examined, for example, the formation of cysts and the multiplication of the parasite with the electron microscope.

The parasite is generally considered harmless in humans, but can cause problems if the immune system is weakened (such as with AIDS or during pregnancy).

In 1970 he received the Robert Koch Prize with Jorgen C. Siim. In 1972 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

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literature

  • Jitender Dubey History of Toxoplasma gondii - the first 100 years , J. Eukaryot. Microbiol., Vol. 55, 2008, p. 467
  • DJP Ferguson Identification of faecal transmission of Toxoplasma gondii: Small science, large characters , Int. J. Parasitology, Vol. 39, 2009, p. 871

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hutchison Experimental transmission of Toxoplasma gondii ; Nature, Volume 206, 1965, pp. 961-962. Hutchison The nematode transmission of Toxoplasma gondii , Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg., Vol. 61, 1967, p. 80
  2. ↑ Hutchison, Dunachie, Siim, Work Coccidian-like nature of Toxoplasma gondii , British Medical Journal, Vol. 1, 1970, pp. 142-144, the same The life cycle of the coccidian parasite Toxoplasma gondii in the domestic cat , Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg., Vol. 65, 1971, p. 380
  3. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed December 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hutchison, William M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hutchison, William McPhee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British biologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1998