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Burgdorfer, Willy (-)

Willy Burgdorfer is an American scientist born in Basel, Switzerland. He is known for the discovery in 1981 of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi , the bacterium causing disease first described in the town of Lyme (Connectitcut, USA) in 1975, following the appearance of numerous cases of pediatric arthritis in this city, later cases have been reported in many other places in the world. It is an infectious illness, also known as "Lyme's disease, which is transmitted by ticks Ixodes harsh, and characterized by the existence of erythema migrans, and complications after (joints, heart, and even nerve).
In 1944, Dr. Burgdorfer began his studies at the Faculty of Philosophy and Natural Sciences at the University of Basel.
From June 1949 to June 1950 was a research assistant at the Library of the Swiss Tropical Institute in Basel. Chosen as a research topic for his doctoral thesis studying the spirochete Borrelia duttoni , which causes relapsing fever in Africa, and in 1952 received his doctorate in zoology, parasitology and bacteriology at the same university in Switzerland. In the same year (1952), was incorporated as a research fellow at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton (Montana) and later, in 1957, became a U.S. citizen and he joined the RML staff as medical entomologist.
Dr. Burgdorfer research focused on the interaction between animal and human disease-causing agents and their transmission by arthropods that feed on blood, in particular, ticks, fleas and mosquitoes. Throughout his career, he participated in numerous conferences and seminars of the WHO and other health organizations.
From 1967 through 1971 served as an associate member in the "Rickettsial Commission of the Armed Forces Epidemiology Board (Commission on Epidemiology of the U.S. Armed Forces). For several years (1968-1971) was co-director of "Project on Rickettsial Zoonoses Research (Research Project Rickettsia Zoonoses) in Egypt. He has also received numerous awards including Koch's prestigious Award, the Award of Bristol, Schaudinn-Hoffman Plaque and Gold Medal of Walter Reed. It is co-editor of the book Aspects of Lyme borreliosis and has published over 220 papers and written numerous books.
Although he retired in 1986, Dr. Burgdorfer continues its collaboration with RML Labs where he has remained active as a scientist emeritus member.
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