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Alexander Yersin
Bacteriology · Bacteriology
Nha Trang, Switzerland
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Alexander Yersin is a bacteriology specialist at Pasteur Institute. Based in Nha Trang.
Biography
Alexandre Yersin was a Swiss-French physician who co-discovered the plague bacillus Yersinia pestis in 1894 during a Hong Kong plague epidemic. He was also instrumental in establishing the Pasteur Institute in Vietnam.
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The life and contributions of Alexander Yersin
1894
Discovered plague bacillus
Isolated the bacterium causing bubonic plague during the Hong Kong epidemic, later named Yersinia pestis in his honor