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Updated July 14, 2026

Discovery of a handwritten laboratory notebook by Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin describing experimental studies and development of the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis

CALMETTE, Léon Charles Albert; GUÉRIN, Camille; SCHWARTZ, David Alan; MIGLIORINI, Lou

2026 — "Abstract: Background: The Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis is the most widespread vaccine in the world. Discovered by French investigators Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin at the Pasteur I…

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