Tuberculosis immunisation was developed by

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  1. Albert Calmette
  2. Paul Ehrlich
  3. Robert Koch
  4. Louis Pasteur

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Option 1 : Albert Calmette
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The correct answer is Albert Calmette,

Key PointsTuberculosis:

  • Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 
  • Symptoms of tuberculosis include blood-stained cough, fever, loss of appetite, sweating, fatigue or weakness, severe loss of weight, chest pain, shortness of breath, etc.
  • Usually, this bacterium infects the upper respiratory tract.
  • The infection can spread to any organ like the kidney, spine & even in severe cases the brain also.
  • Tuberculosis is a communicable disease.
  • To protect people from getting infected by tuberculosis, BCG (Bacillus Calmette Guerin) vaccine was developed.
  • BCG vaccine is administered to infants and children. 
  • The vaccine was developed by French bacteriologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin in 1921. Hence the correct answer is Option 1.​ 

Additional Information​Paul Ehrlich

  • Paul Ehrlich is known as the Father of chemotherapy
  • Chemotherapy is used to treat cancer and kill cancer cells.

Robert Koch

  • Robert Koch was a microbiologist and German physician.
  • He established the basic causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax as one of the key pioneers of modern bacteriology, and also provided scientific support for the idea of infectious disease, which included experiments on humans and animals.
  • In 1905, He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies on tuberculosis.

Louis Pasteur:

  • He is known as the father of bacteriology.
  • The process of pasteurization was invented by him.
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