1863–1943 Swiss-born French bacteriologist who characterized the diphtheria exotoxin, identified the plague bacillus, and developed anti-plague serum.
Keywords: diphtheria; plague; roux; yersinia pestis
Yersin, Alexandre
Suzanne Board, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002965
| Further Reading | |
| Yersin A (1894) La peste bubonique à Hong Kong. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur 8: 662–667. | |
| Yersin A (1897) Sur la peste bubonique (séro-thérapie). Annales de l'Institut Pasteur 11: 81–93. | |
| Roux É and Yersin A (1888) Contribution a l'étude de la diphthérie. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur 2: 629–661. | |
| Roux É and Yersin A (1889) Contribution a l'étude de la diphthérie (2e mémoire). Annales de l'Institut Pasteur 3: 273–288. | |
| Roux É and Yersin A (1890) Contribution a l'étude de la diphthérie (3e mémoire). Annales de l'Institut Pasteur 4: 385–426. | |
| Bernard N (1943) A. Yersin (1863–1943). Annales de l'Institut Pasteur 69: 129–134. | |
| Howard-Jones N (1975) Kitasato, Yersin, and the plague bacillus. Clio Medica 10: 23–27. | |
| book Mollaret HH and Brossollet J (1993) Yersin: Un Pasteurien en Indochine. Paris: Belin. | |
| book Pilet PE (1970–1980) "Yersin, Alexandre". In: Gillispie CC (ed.) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
