title: [Albert Calmette (1863-1933). Description of the BCG vaccine inventor's stay in Gabon].
abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe Albert Calmette's stay in Gabon from October 1886 to November 1887. During his year in Africa, this illustrious French navy physician who was to invent the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis was keenly interested in malaria and sleeping sickness.
authors.affiliation: Ambassade de France, Gabon. j-m.milleliri@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Milleliri
mesh_terms: D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000266:history*; D005681:Gabon; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine