Nathan Edwin Brill (January 3, 1860[1]– December 13, 1925) was an American physician who, while at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, discovered Brill-Zinsser disease (or, often, simply Brill's disease), a late relapse of epidemic typhus.[2]

Nathan E. Brill

Biography

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Brill was born in New York City and earned his medical degree at New York University College in 1880. He completed his internship at the Bellevue Hospital in 1881.

In 1882 he was appointed physician at the Mount Sinai Hospital, later becoming professor at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.[3]

Brill's medical accomplishments include:

Brill-Zinsser Disease

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Brill-Zinsser Disease (commonly known as Brill's Disease) is a form of epidemic typhus that occurs only in patients who have previously been infected by Rickettsia prowazekiithat was most likely transmitted to the body through lice.[6] Brill's Disease itself is not related to the presence of louse, but instead appears randomly many years after the original infection.[6] The same symptoms seen in patients with epidemic typhus are seen in patients with Brill's Disease, only in less severe form.[6] Brill's Disease can affect patients for the entirety of their lives, with cases being documented after more than forty years of contracting epidemic typhus.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Some sources give January 13.[citation needed]
  2. ^ Lutwick, Larry (April 2001). "Brill-Zinsser disease". The Lancet. 357 (9263): 1198–1200. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)04339-7. PMID 11323068. S2CID 3075674.
  3. ^ Faucher, Jean-François; Socolovschi, Cristina; Aubry, Camille; Chirouze, Catherine; Hustache-Mathieu, Laurent; Raoult, Didier; Hoen, Bruno (January 2012). "Brill-Zinsser Disease in Moroccan Man, France, 2011". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 18 (1): 171–172. doi:10.3201/eid1801.111057. PMC 3310116. PMID 22261378.
  4. ^ Iacovino, John R (1993). "Gaucher's Disease – an Underwriting Prospective" (PDF). Journal of Insurance Medicine. 25 (3): 343–346.
  5. ^ Brill-Symmers disease on whonamedit.com Retrieved 2008-08-27
  6. ^ a b c d Faucher, Jean-François; Socolovschi, Cristina; Aubry, Camille; Chirouze, Catherine; Hustache-Mathieu, Laurent; Raoult, Didier; Hoen, Bruno (January 2012). "Brill-Zinsser Disease in Moroccan Man, France, 2011". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 18 (1): 171–172. doi:10.3201/eid1801.111057. PMC 3310116. PMID 22261378.
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