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Yersin

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Yer·sin (yr-s), Alexandre Émile John 1863-1943.
Swiss-born French bacteriologist. His work with the diphtheria bacillus led to the development of antitoxins to neutralize pathogenic toxins.
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In 1894, two bacteriologists, Alexandre Yersin of France and Shibasaburo Kitasato of Japan, independently isolated the bacterium in Hong Kong responsible for the Third Pandemic.
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Experience and observation provided the first tools against epidemics because scientific information about the cause of plague was not obtained until several centuries later at the end of the 19th century, through laboratory research conducted by Alexandre Yersin (15).
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He also insisted the negative backlash from the public will spur the team on after members of his squad were jeered at Sunday night's boxing clash between Bernard Dunne and Yersin Jailuov at The Point.
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