Alexandre Salimbeni, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexandre Salimbeni

Italian microbiologist

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1867

Place of Birth: Acquapendente, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1942

Profession: physician, biologist, immunologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Alexandre Salimbeni (11 December 1867 - 1942) was an Italian physician and biologist born in Acquapendente. He studied medicine at the University of Siena, where he later became a professor of pathological anatomy.
From 1895 he performed studies in the laboratory of Elie Metchnikoff (1845-1916) at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, where he worked closely with Jules Bordet (1870-1961).
In 1900 he served as préparateur under Amédée Borrel (1867-1936) in the laboratory of microbiology courses. In 1901-03 with Paul-Louis Simond (1858-1947) and Émile Marchoux (1862-1943), he conducted research of yellow fever in Brazil.
With Marchoux, he identified Argas persicus as the vector of avian spirochaetosis.In 1910 he participated on a mission to Russia, where he studied cholera, tuberculosis and the plague.
In 1918 he was appointed director of "vaccine services" at the Pasteur Institute.