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. 2008 Dec;14(12):1939. doi: 10.3201/eid1412.081187

EID Photo Quiz

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Who is he?

The theme of this month’s issue of EID is zoonotic diseases. Consistent with this theme, here is a photograph of a physician who greatly advanced medicine and public health through his investigations of diseases of animals. He and his colleagues were the first to show that insects can transmit disease.

Who is he?

  • A) Sir David Bruce

  • B) Robert Koch

  • C) Sir William Osler

  • D) Sir Ronald Ross

  • E) Theobald Smith

Decide first. Then see companion article.


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