# Octave Gengou

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**Octave Gengou** (27 February 1875, [Ouffet](/source/Ouffet) – 25 April 1957, [Brussels](/source/Brussels)) was a Belgian [bacteriologist](/source/Bacteriologist). He researched with [Jules Bordet](/source/Jules_Bordet) the *[Bordetella pertussis](/source/Bordetella)* bacteria.

## Biography

At the age of 22, he obtained his doctorate at the [University of Liège](/source/University_of_Li%C3%A8ge), later being named as deputy director at the [Pasteur Institute](/source/Pasteur_Institute) of [Brabant](/source/Brabant_(province)). In 1945, he became professor emeritus at the [University of Brussels](/source/Free_University_of_Brussels_(1834%E2%80%931969)).[1]

Gengou worked at the Belgium [Pasteur Institute](/source/Pasteur_Institute) in [Brussels](/source/Brussels). With [Jules Bordet](/source/Jules_Bordet) he isolated *Bordetella pertussis* in pure culture in 1906 and declared it as the cause of [whooping cough](/source/Pertussis).[2] In 1912, he developed the first [whooping cough](/source/Pertussis)-[vaccine](/source/Vaccine). He also worked on various important fundamental research on a now common test for diseases (e.g. the "[Wassermann test](/source/Wassermann_test)" of [August von Wassermann](/source/August_von_Wassermann)).

He served as secretary general of the *Oeuvre Nationale Belge contre la Tuberculose* and as an honorary president of the *Ligue nationale belge contre la Tuberculose*.[1]

## Published works

With Jules Bordet, he collaborated on the following works:

- *Contribution à l'étude de la coagulation du sang*, 1903 – Contribution to the study of [blood coagulation](/source/Blood_coagulation).
- *Le Microbe de la coqueluche*, 1906 – The microbe "pertussis".
- *Note complémentaire sur le microbe de la coqueluche*, 1906 – Additional notes on the microbe "pertussis".
- *L'Endotoxine coquelucheuse*, 1909 – The pertussis [endotoxin](/source/Endotoxin).
- *Etiologie de la coqueluche. Etat actuel de la question*, 1909 – Etiology of pertussis. Current status of the question.
- *La Coagglutination des globules rouges par les mélanges des anticorps et des antigènes albumineux*, 1911 – Coagglutination of [red blood cells](/source/Red_blood_cell) by mixtures of [albumin](/source/Albumin) antibodies and antigens.
- *Le Diagnostic de la coqueluche fruste par la méthode de la fixation d'alexine*, 1911.[3]

## See also

- [Immunology](/source/Immunology)
- [Bacteriologist](/source/Bacteriologist)

## References

1. [ARMB; Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium](https://www.armb.be/index.php?id=2765) biographical information

1. [Archives de l'Institut Pasteur](http://www.pasteur.fr/infosci/archives/e_bdj0.html) biography of Jules Bordet

1. [IDREF.fr](https://www.idref.fr/128651873) bibliography

## External links

- [Biography of Octave Gengou](http://www.bookrags.com/biography-octave-gengou-scit-061234/)

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