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Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin (22 September 1863 – 1 March 1943) was a Swiss - French physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague or pest, which was later named in his honour: Yersinia pestis.
Apr 16, 2024 · Alexandre Yersin (born Sept. 23, 1863, Lavaux, near Aubonne, Switz.—died March 1, 1943, Nha Trang, Annam, Indochina [now in Vietnam]) was a Swiss-born French bacteriologist and one of the discoverers of the bubonic plague bacillus, Pasteurella pestis, now called Yersinia pestis.
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Oct 24, 2017 · Swiss-born Alexandre Yersin joined the Institut Pasteur in 1885 aged just 22 and worked under Émile Roux. He discovered the plague bacillus in Hong Kong. A brilliant scientist, he was also an explorer and pioneer in many fields.
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Alexandre Yersin: Discoverer of the Plague Bacillus. View Large Image. Download Hi-res image. Download (PPT) Historians of public health estimate that throughout human history malaria, tuberculosis, and smallpox have killed more people than the plague.
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Mar 1, 2022 · Posted on01 March, 2022. by. David Aronson. A doctor who made extraordinary contributions to medicine and the people of Vietnam is honoured in new documentary. Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943) was a Swiss-French polymath and physician who worked in Vietnam during the first half of the twentieth century.
Aug 1, 2008 · Abstract. Alexandre Yersin was born in French Switzerland and later took French nationality. While a medical student he worked in Paris with Emile Roux to discover the exotoxin produced by the diphtheria bacillus. Two years after graduation, he left Paris for French Indochina where he was the first European to explore and map the central ...
Apr 3, 2019 · The etiological agent of plague is the Gram-negative bacterium Yersinia pestis [ 2 ], discovered by the Institut Pasteur, bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin during a plague outbreak in Hong Kong...
