• Octave Gengou (27 February 1875, Ouffet – 25 April 1957, Brussels) was a Belgian bacteriologist. He researched with Jules Bordet the Bordetella pertussis...
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  • to culture; Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou invented the first version to isolate the coccobacillus, named Bordet–Gengou in 1906, they believed was associated...
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  • Gang Octave Gengou (1875–1957), Belgian bacteriologist Octave Gréard (1828–1904), French educator Octave Lapize (1887–1917), French cyclist Octave Lebesgue...
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    the development of the test to earlier findings of Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou (complement fixation reaction) and to a hypothesis introduced by Paul...
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    exceed 10,000. B. pertussis was discovered in 1906 by Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou, who also developed the first serology and vaccine. Efforts to develop...
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    agent of pertussis was identified and isolated by Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou in 1906. It is believed that the genus Bordetella may have evolved from...
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  • Aube, France December 1, 1910 Clamart, France 1909, 1910 (id=4342) Octave Gengou February 27, 1875 Ouffet, Belgium April 25, 1957 Brussels, Belgium 1910...
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    used today in serologic testing for countless other diseases. With Octave Gengou, he isolated Bordetella pertussis in pure culture in 1906 and posited...
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    throughout Europe by the middle of the 18th century. Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou described in 1900 the finding of a new “ovoid bacillus” in the sputum...
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  • identified as the cause of whooping cough and isolated by Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou in France in 1900. The toxin shares its mechanism with cholera toxin...
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