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Line 1: '''Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt''' (March 10, 1877 – July 8, 1951) was a [[France\|French]] [[parasitology\|parasitologist]] who was born in [[Paris]]. He studied [[zoology]] and parasitology in Paris, obtaining his degree in science in 1901, and his medical doctorate in 1906. In 1919 he became a professor to the ''Faculté de Médecine'', as well as director of the parasitology laboratory in Paris. Much of his career was spent performing research in Africa and [[Latin America]]. Brumpt is credited with the discovery of the avian [[malaria\|malarial]] [[parasite]], ''[[Plasmodium gallinaceum]]'' during an expedition to [[Ceylon]]. He did important research involving the African [[tsetse fly]] (''~~glossina~~Glossina palpalis'') as a [[Vector (epidemiology)\|biological vector]] for [[trypanosomiasis]]. He is also credited for introducing a technique known as "xenodiagnosis"<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/xenodiagnosis answers.com]</ref> into parasitological research, and did extensive studies of diseases such as [[bilharzia]], [[Chagas disease]], [[onchocerciasis]] and [[leishmaniasis]]. He also described ''[[Blastocystis hominis]]'' and ''[[Entamoeba]] dispar''. The latter species helped to explain why most people who appeared to be infected with ''[[Entamoeba histolytica]]'' were asymptomatic. However because there are no morphological differences between the two species his proposal was largely ignored for over 50 years before being proven correct using molecular techniques. Numerous parasitic species bear his name, including ''[[Plasmodium brumpti]]'' and ''Xenocoeloma brumpti''. Also, a genus of [[Phlebotominae\|phlebotomine sand flies]], ''[[Brumptomyia]]'', and a species of Corsican mosquito, ''[[Culex brumpti]]'', are named after him. Line 15: ==External links== * http://~~homepages~~entamoeba.lshtm.ac.uk~~/entamoeba~~/brumpt.htm * http://www.pathexo.fr/pages/english/ObEBrump.html

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