NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

MICROBIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This scientist is known for the first vaccine created in a laboratory and is known for pasteurization and proving that germs cause disease.
A
Alexander Fleming
B
Albert Einstein
C
Louis Pasteur
D
Joseph Lister
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822-September 28, 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the mid-to late 19th century Pasteur demonstrated that microorganisms cause disease and discovered how to make vaccines from weakened, or attenuated, microbes. He developed the earliest vaccines against fowl cholera, anthrax, and rabies.

Detailed explanation-3: -On July 6, 1885, Louis Pasteur and his colleagues injected the first of 14 daily doses of rabbit spinal cord suspensions containing progressively inactivated rabies virus into 9-year-old Joseph Meister, who had been severely bitten by a rabid dog 2 days before.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 1800s. In 1872, despite enduring a stroke and the death of 2 of his daughters to typhoid, Louis Pasteur creates the first laboratory-produced vaccine: the vaccine for fowl cholera in chickens. In 1885, Louis Pasteur successfully prevents rabies through post-exposure vaccination.

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