title: [Rudolf Stefan Weigl--scientist and human being].
abstract: Rudolf Stefan Weigl died in 1957, 45 years ago. This year we are celebrating 120 anniversary of his birthday. He was a great Polish scientist who led research on Rickettsia prowazeki and epidemic typhus. R. Weigl developed a method of R. prowazeki culture in louse gut and elaborated the technology of epidemic typhus vaccine production. He and his co-workers introduced first vaccination of medical staff, people from endemic area in Poland and missionaries working in Asia. He was an international authority on prophylactics and control of rickettsial epidemic typhus.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Bakteriologii Państwowego Zakładu Higieny ul. Chocimska 24, 00-791 Warszawa.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tylewska-Wierzbanowska
authors.forename: Zofia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zielińska
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chmielowski
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008829:Microbiology / Q000266:history; D011044:Poland; D012283:Rickettsia prowazekii / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012290:Rickettsial Vaccines / Q000266:history*; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D012290:Rickettsial Vaccines; C028280:typhus vaccine