Manceaux's life is not well known, but he was physician-scientist recruited by
Charles Nicolle to study at the
Pasteur Institute of Tunis.[3] He assisted Nicolle with capturing
gundi in the Djerid Desert to study a parasite associated with a disease known as
oriental sore in North Africa.[3] The parasite observed in the tissue samples rodents was originally named Leishmania gondii in 1908.[4] Upon further analysis, they concluded that the parasite was a newly discovered genus, so it was renamed to
Toxoplasma gondii in 1909. After his discovery, Manceaux served as a French military doctor and was on active duty with medical corps during
World War I.[5] After retiring from the
Army, he went on to work for the
Pastuer Intstitute of Paris and practice medicine in Paris.[5]
Works
1908, Sur une infection a corps de Leishman (on organismes voisons) du gondi, Nicolle C, Manceaux L [4]
1909, Sur un protozoaire nouveau du gondi, Nicolle C, Manceaux L[6]