# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/giuseppe-sanarelli
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:27:14.010Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/giuseppe-sanarelli"
name: "Giuseppe Sanarelli"
slug: "giuseppe-sanarelli"
description: "Giuseppe Sanarelli was an Italian bacteriologist who incorrectly identified the cause of yellow fever as a bacterium. It was however found later by Walter Reed that the bacterium Bacillus icterioides was a secondary infection. In 1897 he triggered the first major public debate on medical ethics when he injected yellow fever bacteria into five patients without consent, three of whom died. He also served as a senator of the Kingdom of Italy from 1920 to 1940."
tagline: "Italian politician and bacteriologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giuseppe_Sanarelli._Wellcome_M0019453.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1864-04-24"
deathDate: "1940-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.23
  momentum:             3.936170212765958
  historical:           3.938049333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Sanarelli"
    title: "Giuseppe Sanarelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Sanarelli"
    title: "Giuseppe Sanarelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Sanarelli"
    title: "Giuseppe Sanarelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Sanarelli"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3108137"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump