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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), also
known as Koch's
bacillus, is a
species of
pathogenic bacteria in the
family Mycobacteriaceae and the causative...
- The
Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG)
vaccine is a
vaccine primarily used
against tuberculosis (TB). It is
named after its
inventors Albert Calmette and...
- 1890 by
Robert Koch. As of 2021, the only
effective tuberculosis vaccine in
common use is the
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine,
first used on humans...
- Burdon-Sanderson.)
Robert Koch
identified and
described the
bacillus causing tuberculosis, M.
tuberculosis, on 24
March 1882. In 1905, he was
awarded the Nobel...
- conclusion, he made two
important points:
Human tuberculosis bacillus cannot infect cattle. But
cattle bacillus may
infect humans since it is very pathogenic...
- It includes:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium africanum Mycobacterium orygis Mycobacterium bovis and the
Bacillus Calmette–Guérin
strain Mycobacterium...
- PMID 7001666. Frith, John. "History of
Tuberculosis. Part 2 – the
Sanatoria and the
Discoveries of the
Tubercle Bacillus".
Journal of
Military and Veterans'...
-
exhibiting symptoms of
tuberculosis,
proving that the
bacillus,
which he
named tuberculosis bacillus, was in fact the
cause of
tuberculosis. He made his result...
-
Mycobacterium leprae (also
known as the
leprosy bacillus or Hansen's
bacillus) is one of the two
species of
bacteria that
cause Hansen's
disease (leprosy)...
- 2014
found that the
Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG)
vaccine reduced infections by 19–27% and
reduced progression to
active tuberculosis by 71%. The Ohio Department...
