Octave Gengou
Octave Pierre Joseph Gengou (born February 27, 1875 in Ouffet ; † April 25, 1957 in Antwerp ) was a Belgian bacteriologist . With Jules Bordet he discovered the bacterium Bordetella pertussis .
biography
Gengou worked at the Belgian Pasteur Institute in Brussels. With Jules Bordet , he isolated Bordetella pertussis in pure culture in 1906 and postulated it as the cause of whooping cough . In 1912 they both developed the first whooping cough vaccine . Furthermore, he carried out essential basic research for test procedures for diseases that are common today (for example for the Wassermann test by August von Wassermann ).
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| SURNAME | Gengou, Octave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gengou, Octave Pierre Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian bacteriologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ouffet |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1957 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |