Alberto Ascoli (August 15, 1877, in

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- September 28, 1957) was an Italian serologist, hygienist and physiological

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, who developed a test for

anthrax Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium ''Bacillus anthracis''. It can occur in four forms: skin, lungs, intestinal, and injection. Symptom onset occurs between one day and more than two months after the infection is contracted. The sk ...

.Ascoli's test (www.whonamedit.com)
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* http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/250.html * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ascoli, Alberto 1877 births 1957 deaths Italian medical researchers Serologists