| [the centenary of the discovery of the vibrio el tor (1905) or dubious beginnings of the seventh pandemic of cholera]. | as a direct result of the 1865 cholera epidemic, health authorities have realized that the mecca pilgrimage represented a permanent risk for the global diffusion of this scourge. it was decided to open five quarantine stations along the red sea, among them the el tor station. there, felix gotschlich, in 1905, isolated for the first time the el tor vibrio from pilgrims deceased when coming back from mecca. this vibrio had atypical biologic properties. although agglutinated by specific antisera, i ... | 2007 | 17992832 |