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Encyclopedia > Octave Gengou

Octave Gengou (* 1875; † 1957) was a French bacteriologist. He researched with Jules Bordet the Bordetella pertussis bacteria. 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Microbiology (in Greek micron = small and biologia = studying life) is the study of microorganisms, including unicellular (single-celled) eukaryotes and prokaryotes, fungi, and viruses. ... Biography he sucks ... Species B. bronchiseptica etc. ...


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Gengou worked at the Belgium Pasteur Institute in Brussels. With Jules Bordet he isolated 1906 Bordetella pertussis in pure culture and declared is as causer of whooping cough. 1912 he developed the first whooping cough-vaccine. He also worked on varios important fundamental research on nowadays usual test for diseases (e.G. the Wassermann-Test of August von Wassermann) The Pasteur Institute (French: Institut Pasteur) is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, microorganisms, diseases and vaccines. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (French: Bruxelles, Dutch: Brussel, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium, the French community of Belgium, the Flemish community and of the European Union. ... Biography he sucks ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to produce active immunity to a disease, in order to prevent or ameliorate the effects of infection by any natural or wild strain of the organism. ... August Paul von Wassermann (21 February 1866 - 16 March 1925) was the German bacteriologist. ...


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immunology bacteriologist Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. ... Microbiology (in Greek micron = small and biologia = studying life) is the study of microorganisms, including unicellular (single-celled) eukaryotes and prokaryotes, fungi, and viruses. ...


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Octave Gengou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (102 words)
Octave Gengou (* 1875; † 1957) was a Belgian bacteriologist.
Gengou worked at the Belgium Pasteur Institute in Brussels.
With Jules Bordet he isolated 1906 Bordetella pertussis in pure culture and declared is as the cause of whooping cough.
Wassermann's reaction (www.whonamedit.com) (299 words)
A complement-fixation test as a diagnostic of syphilis using blood serum or cerebrospinal fluid.
It is a modification of the complement-fixation reaction by Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet (1870-1961) and Octave Gengou (1875-1957) in 1901.
The "antigen" used is an alcoholic muscle extract, usually from a bull's heart.
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