List of diseases by year of discovery

The following is a list of diseases by year of discovery.

Year Disease Discoverer
2600 BC Malaria[1]
1900 BC Rabies
1600 BC Cancer Hippocrates
ca 300 Dengue Jin Dynasty (266–420)
9th century Measles Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
14th century African trypanosomiasis First described by Arab traders[2]
1798 Color blindness John Dalton
1798 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis John Dalton
1866 Necrotizing arteriolitis Kussmal and Maier
1881 Impetigo William Fox
1885 Carrion's disease Daniel Alcides Carrión
1906 Alzheimer's Alois Alzheimer
1906 Rickettsiosis Howard Taylor Ricketts
1910 Sickle-cell disease James B. Herrick
1965 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
1967 Marburg virus disease
1972 Norovirus Albert Kapikian
1976 Ebola virus disease Peter Piot
1977 Legionnaires' disease Joseph McDade
1983 HIV Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo
1986 Fatal insomnia Elio Lugaresi
2019 SARS-CoV-2

See also

References

  1. ^ Cox, F. E. G. (1 October 2002). "History of Human Parasitology". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 15 (4): 595–612. doi:10.1128/CMR.15.4.595-612.2002. PMC 126866. PMID 12364371.
  2. ^ Strong RP (1944). Stitt's Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of Tropical Diseases (Seventh ed.). York, PA: The Blakiston company. p. 165.
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