# Henrique da Rocha Lima

> Henrique da Rocha Lima was a Brazilian physician, pathologist and infectologist born in Rio de Janeiro. With his friend, Stanislaus von Prowazek, he described what would later be known as Rickettsia prowazekii, the pathogen of epidemic typhus. Rocha Lima named the organism after Prowazek and American bacteriologist Howard Taylor Ricketts (1871-1910).

*Brazilian microbiologist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/henrique-da-rocha-lima

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Brazil
- **Born:** 1879-11-24
- **Died:** 1956-04-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.3 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 9.8 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Henrique da Rocha Lima](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrique_da_Rocha_Lima)
- [هنريكي دا روتشا ليما](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7)
- [هنريكى دا روتشا ليما](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7)
- [Henrique da Rocha Lima](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrique_da_Rocha_Lima)
- [Henrique da Rocha Lima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrique_da_Rocha_Lima)
- [Henrique da Rocha Lima](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrique_da_Rocha_Lima)
- [Henrique da Rocha Lima](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrique_da_Rocha_Lima)
- [Henrique da Rocha Lima](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrique_da_Rocha_Lima)
- [Роша Лима, Энрике](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5)
- [Henrique da Rocha Lima](https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrique_da_Rocha_Lima)
- [Енріке да Роше Ліма](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BD%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5_%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B0)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1384775)

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