Hans Vogel (20 January 1900 – 5 April 1980) was a German scientist known for his work in

helminthology Helminthology is the study of parasitic worms (helminths). The field studies the taxonomy of helminths and their effects on their hosts. The origin of the first compound of the word is the Greek '' ἕλμινς'' - helmins, meaning "worm". In ...

(study of

parasitic worm Parasitic worms, also known as helminths, are large Parasitism#Basic concepts, macroparasites; adults can generally be seen with the naked eye. Many are intestinal worms that are soil-transmitted helminth, soil-transmitted and intestinal parasit ...

s). For much of his career he was associated with the

Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin) (BNITM) in Hamburg is Germany's largest institution for tropical medicine, with a workforce of about 250 people in Hamburg. It is member of the Leibniz-A ...

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. In the 1930s Vogel described the developmental cycle of ''

Opisthorchis felineus ''Opisthorchis felineus'', or cat liver fluke is a trematode parasite that infects the liver in mammals. It was first discovered in 1884 in a cat's liver by Sebastiano Rivolta of Italy. In 1891, Russian parasitologist, Konstantin Nikolaevich V ...

'', a

trematode Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive host ...

known to affect the

liver The liver is a major Organ (anatomy), organ only found in vertebrates which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the Protein biosynthesis, synthesis of proteins and biochemicals necessary for ...

in humans and other mammals. Later in his career he published an article describing the

life cycle Life cycle, life-cycle, or lifecycle may refer to: Science and academia *Biological life cycle, the sequence of life stages that an organism undergoes from birth to reproduction ending with the production of the offspring *Life-cycle hypothesis, ...

and

aetiology Etiology (pronounced ; alternatively: aetiology or ætiology) is the study of causation or origination. The word is derived from the Greek (''aitiología'') "giving a reason for" (, ''aitía'', "cause"); and ('' -logía''). More completely, e ...

of ''

Echinococcus multilocularis ''Echinococcus multilocularis'' is a small cyclophyllid tapeworm found extensively in the northern hemisphere. ''E. multilocularis,'' along with other members of the ''Echinococcus'' genus (especially '' E. granulosus''), produce diseases known a ...

''. He is also credited for demonstrating that

macaque The macaques () constitute a genus (''Macaca'') of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. The 23 species of macaques inhabit ranges throughout Asia, North Africa, and (in one instance) Gibraltar. Macaques are principally ...

monkeys can be immunized against ''

Schistosoma japonicum ''Schistosoma japonicum'' is an important parasite and one of the major infectious agents of schistosomiasis. This parasite has a very wide host range, infecting at least 31 species of wild mammals, including 9 carnivores, 16 rodents, one primat ...

'', a parasite that is the cause of Far Eastern

schistosomiasis Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, bilharzia, and Katayama fever, is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes. The urinary tract or the intestines may be infected. Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody s ...

. From 1963 to 1968, Vogel was director of the Bernhard Nocht Institute. The

tapeworm Eucestoda, commonly referred to as tapeworms, is the larger of the two subclasses of flatworms in the class Cestoda (the other subclass is Cestodaria). Larvae have six posterior hooks on the scolex (head), in contrast to the ten-hooked Cestodar ...

species ''

Echinococcus ''Echinococcus'' is a genus within Cestoda, a parasitic class of the platyhelminthes phylum (colloquially known as flatworms). Human echinococcosis is an infectious disease caused by the following species: E. granulosus, E. multilocularis, or ...

vogeli'' is named after him.Department of Health and Human Services
Emergence of Polycystic Neotropical Echinococcosis

Published works

* Vogel H 1934. "Der Entwicklungszyklus von Opistorchis felineus." ''Far East Assoc Trop Med Nanking'' 1: 619–624. * Vogel H, Minning W 1953. "Über die erworbene Resistenz von Macacus rhesus gegenüber Schistosoma japonicum." ''T. Z Tropenmed Parasit'' 4: 418–505. * Vogel H 1955. "Über den Entwicklungszyklus und die Artzugehörigkeit des europäischen Alveolarechinococcus." ''Dtsch Med Wschr'' 80: 931–932. * Vogel H 1957 "Über den Echinococcus multilocularis Süddeutschlands I. Das Bandwurmstadium von Stämmen menschlicher und tierischer Herkunft" (Echinococcus multilocularis in South Germany. I. The tapeworm stage of strains from humans and animals). ''Z Tropenmed Parasitol''. 8: 404–54.

References

Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
* The scientific accomplishments of coworkers of the Bernhard Nocht Institute between 1900 and 1960. 20th-century German biologists 1900 births 1980 deaths German microbiologists {{Germany-biologist-stub