title: Human and animal health on three continents--a biography of the early life of Karl Friedrich Meyer (1884-1974).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Veterinary Pathology, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland Collegium Helveticum, University of Zurich/Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland apos@vetpath.uzh.ch.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pospischil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D005060:Europe; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008829:Microbiology / Q000639:trends; D013019:South Africa; D014481:United States; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000639:trends; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission*
keywords: Karl Friedrich Meyer (KF); biography; microbiologist; one health–one medicine; veterinarian; zoonosis