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Also Known As Alexandre-John-Émile Yersin • Alexandre-Émile-John Yersin
Born September 23, 1863 • Switzerland
Died March 1, 1943 (aged 79) • Nha Trang • Indochina
Subjects Of Study Yersinia pestis

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Kitasato Shibasaburo, c. 1928.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Alexander Fleming
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Oswald Avery.
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