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Hand sanitizer
How hand sanitizers work.
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Plague bacteria
The infectious bacterium Yersinia pestis is the cause of plague. The bacteria...
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur.
Archives Photographiques, Paris
Joseph Lister
English surgeon Joseph Lister, undated photograph.
Wellcome Collection, London