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Léon Charles Albert Calmette ForMemRS [1] (12 July 1863 – 29 October 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. He discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis.
Albert Calmette was a French bacteriologist, pupil of Louis Pasteur, and codeveloper with Camille Guérin of the tuberculosis vaccine Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). He also described a diagnostic test for tuberculosis, known as Calmette’s reaction. Calmette graduated in medicine in 1886 in Paris.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 21, 2012 · Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the only vaccine available today and has been used for more than 90 years with astonishing safety records. However, its efficacy remains controversial. No universal BCG vaccination policy exists, with some countries merely recommending its use and others that have implemented immunization programs.
- Simona Luca, Traian Mihaescu
- 2013
Sep 1, 1999 · Abstract. In 1891 in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Dr. Albert Calmette established the first daughter Pasteur Institute for the protection of the local population against rabies and smallpox. Inspired by the discovery of diphtheria antitoxin by Behring, Calmette studied ways of raising serum against cobra venom.
- Barbara J. Hawgood
- 1999
Learn how antivenom is produced and used to treat venomous bites and stings. Discover how the French scientist Albert Calmette developed the first antivenom in 1895 and how it was later adapted for the United States.
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Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin – BCG Vaccine. The first successful vaccine against tuberculosis was developed at the Pasteur Institute by Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin and announced to the medical community in 1921.
6 days ago · The vaccine was developed over a period of 13 years, from 1908 to 1921, by French bacteriologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin, who named the product Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, or BCG. The vaccine is administered shortly after birth only in infants at high risk of tuberculosis.
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