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	Major '''Alfred Whitmore''' (1876–1946) was an [[England\|English]] [[pathologist]] who, together with C.S. Krishnaswami, identified ''[[Burkholderia pseudomallei]]'', the causative agent of [[melioidosis]] (also known as "Whitmore's disease") in opium addicts in [[Rangoon]] in 1911. He differentiated it from ''[[Burkholderia mallei]]'', the causative agent of [[glanders]], by clinical and microbiological features.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWcGAQAAQBAJ&dq=alfred+whitmore&pg=PT185\|title=Tropical Diseases: A Practical Guide for Medical Practitioners and Students\|last1=Meunier\|first1=Yann A.\|last2=Hole\|first2=Michael\|last3=Shumba\|first3=Takudzwa\|last4=Swanner\|first4=B. J.\|date=November 2013\|publisher=OUP USA\|isbn=9780199997909\|location=\|pages=163\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olK-BAAAQBAJ&dq=alfred+whitmore+ims&pg=PA529\|title=Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930 - Volume 2\|last=Crawford\|first=Lieutenant-Colonel D. G.\|date=2012-02-08\|publisher=Andrews UK Limited\|isbn=9781781502310\|language=en}}</ref>		Major '''Alfred Whitmore''' (1876–1946) was an [[England\|English]] [[pathologist]] who, together with C.S. Krishnaswami, identified ''[[Burkholderia pseudomallei]]'', the causative agent of [[melioidosis]] (also known as "Whitmore's disease") in opium addicts in [[Rangoon]] in 1911. He differentiated it from ''[[Burkholderia mallei]]'', the causative agent of [[glanders]], by clinical and microbiological features.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWcGAQAAQBAJ&dq=alfred+whitmore&pg=PT185\|title=Tropical Diseases: A Practical Guide for Medical Practitioners and Students\|last1=Meunier\|first1=Yann A.\|last2=Hole\|first2=Michael\|last3=Shumba\|first3=Takudzwa\|last4=Swanner\|first4=B. J.\|date=November 2013\|publisher=OUP USA\|isbn=9780199997909\|location=\|pages=163\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olK-BAAAQBAJ&dq=alfred+whitmore+ims&pg=PA529\|title=Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930 - Volume 2\|last=Crawford\|first=Lieutenant-Colonel D. G.\|date=2012-02-08\|publisher=Andrews UK Limited\|isbn=9781781502310\|language=en}}</ref>

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Major '''Alfred Whitmore''' (1876–1946) was an [[England|English]] [[pathologist]] who, together with C.S. Krishnaswami, identified ''[[Burkholderia pseudomallei]]'', the causative agent of [[melioidosis]] (also known as "Whitmore's disease") in opium addicts in [[Rangoon]] in 1911. He differentiated it from ''[[Burkholderia mallei]]'', the causative agent of [[glanders]], by clinical and microbiological features.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWcGAQAAQBAJ&dq=alfred+whitmore&pg=PT185|title=Tropical Diseases: A Practical Guide for Medical Practitioners and Students|last1=Meunier|first1=Yann A.|last2=Hole|first2=Michael|last3=Shumba|first3=Takudzwa|last4=Swanner|first4=B. J.|date=November 2013|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=9780199997909|location=|pages=163|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olK-BAAAQBAJ&dq=alfred+whitmore+ims&pg=PA529|title=Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930 - Volume 2|last=Crawford|first=Lieutenant-Colonel D. G.|date=2012-02-08|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|isbn=9781781502310|language=en}}</ref>

He was initially a Captain, and later a Major, in the Indian Medical Service. Later, he also became director of the Rangoon Medical School.

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