Episode 5 of 6
Kitasato's Identification
- When
- June 14, 1894
- Where
- Hong Kong
Japanese bacteriologist Kitasato Shibasaburō identified the plague bacillus in Hong Kong on June 14, 1894.
Kitasato was sent by the Japanese government to investigate the plague. He discovered the bacillus, later known as Yersinia pestis, as the direct cause. However, his identification was later criticized for misidentification.
Sources
- 1894 Hong Kong plague Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-09
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.