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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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MONAKOW, Constantin von (1853 – 1930)

Image source Unknown author Unknown author · reprinted in: Wiesendanger M. Constantin von Monakow (1853-1930): a pioneer in interdisciplinary brain research and a humanist.. C R Biol. 329, 5-6, 406-18. 2006. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2006.03.011. PMID 16731498 . · Public domain

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