biography
| name: |
Calmette, (Léon Charles) Albert
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pronunciation:
[kalmet]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1863–1933)
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| biography:
| Bacteriologist, born in Nice, SE France. A pupil of Pasteur and founder of the Pasteur Institute at Saigon, where he developed an anti-snakebite and anti-plague serum. In 1895 he founded the Pasteur Institute at Lille (director, 1895–1919). He is best known for the vaccine BCG (Bacille Calmette–Guérin), which provides protection against tuberculosis, jointly developed with Dr Camille Guérin (1872–1961). He was the brother of newspaper editor Gaston Calmette. |
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