German #bacteriologist whose discovery of a universal #blood-serum test (1906) for #syphilis help…

German #bacteriologist whose discovery of a universal #blood-serum test (1906) for #syphilis helped extend the basic tenets of #immunology to #diagnosis. "The #Wassermann reaction," in combination with other diagnostic procedures, is still employed as a reliable indicator for the disease.

A positive reaction when the blood or spinal fluid of the patient is tested indicates the presence of #antibodies formed as a result of #infection with syphilis (even though symptoms of the disease may not be observable at the time).

A few other diseases, however (such as leprosy), also sometimes produce a positive Wassermann reaction.

In addition, he developed inoculations against cholera, typhoid, and tetanus.

He was a student of bacteriologist #RobertKoch.

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