List of diseases by year of discovery
The following is a list of diseases by year of discovery.
| Year | Disease | Discoverer |
|---|---|---|
| 3000 BC (eradicated May 8, 1980) | Smallpox | |
| 2600 BC | Malaria[1] | |
| 1900 BC | Rabies | |
| 1600 BC | Cancer | |
| 1500 BC | Diabetes | |
| ca 300 | Dengue | First Jin Dynasty |
| 9th century | Measles | Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi |
| 14th century | African trypanosomiasis | First described by Arab traders[2] |
| 15th century | Typhus | |
| 1798 | Color blindness | John Dalton |
| 1798 | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | John Dalton |
| 1866 | Necrotizing arteriolitis | Kussmal and Maier |
| 1881 | Impetigo | William Fox |
| 1885 | Carrion's disease | Daniel Alcides Carrión |
| 1906 | Alzheimer's disease | Alois Alzheimer |
| 1906 | Rickettsiosis | Howard Taylor Ricketts |
| 1910 | Sickle-cell disease | James B. Herrick |
| 1965 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | |
| 1967 | Marburg virus disease | |
| 1972 | Norovirus | Albert Kapikian |
| 1976 | Ebola virus disease | Peter Piot |
| 1977 | Legionnaires' disease | Joseph McDade |
| June 5, 1981 | HIV/AIDs | Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo |
| 1986 | Fatal insomnia | Elio Lugaresi |
| November 2019 | COVID-19 | Li Wenliang |
See also
- Lists of diseases
- List of drugs
- List of drugs by year of discovery
- History of medicine
- History of emerging infectious diseases
References
- ↑ Cox, F. E. G. (1 October 2002). "History of Human Parasitology". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 15 (4): 595–612. doi:10.1128/CMR.15.4.595-612.2002. PMC 126866. PMID 12364371.
- ↑ Strong RP (1944). Stitt's Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of Tropical Diseases (Seventh ed.). York, PA: The Blakiston company. p. 165.