Jorge Olarte Alvarez, Colombian-born Mexican microbiologist (Velez, Santander Department 28 February 1916 – 14 May 2005)

Authored 151 papers

With J.A. de La Torre & A. McWhorter identied and isolated Salmonella azteca (1956)

With G. Varela & J. Zozaya described Salmonella mexicana 1942 and Aerobacter amigdalina 1943 

Isolated and classified a number of Salmonella strains

Established the scientific basis of oral hydration 

With J. de La Torre & J. Larracilla. La vía oral para hidratación y correción del desequilíbrio hidroelectrolitico en enfermos de diarrea ambulatoriamente menores de dos años. Mem. IX Reun. Reglam. Asoc. Investig. Pediat. Cuernavaca (1956)

Authored important researches about etiopathogeny of acute diarrhea

New concepts on the etiopathogenesis of diarrhea. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant Mex. 33(3):595-606, 1976

New method of obtaining samples for coproculture. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. 9(5):537-40, 1952

Demonstration of the protein M in culture filtrates of hemolytic streptococci of group A. J. Immunol. 58(1):15-22, 1948 

With M.A. de los Corvera & M.R. Castañeda. A new medium for the isolation of Brucella and Salmonella by blood culture. Bull. World Health Organ. 14(4):797, 1956

Papers in top journals

With L.K. Pickering & H.L. Du Pont. Single-dose tetracicline therapy for shigellosis in adults. JAMA 239(9):853-4, 1978

With G. Varela. Transmission of Salmonella enteritidis by Pulex irritans and Ctenocephalus canis. Science 104(2692):104-5, 1946

With G. Varela. Salmonella isolated from human mesenteric lymph nodes. Science 99(2577):407-8, 1944 

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