Which French physician, director of the Pasteur Institute in Tunis, won the 1928 Nobel Prize for showing that lice transmit typhus?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Charles Nicolle
- Step 1: Nicolle worked in Tunis. Step 2. Compare each option with this fact and discard those that conflict with it. Answer: Charles Nicolle. Why not the others: Albert Calmette, Alexandre Yersin and Ronald Ross do not fit the fact above; they describe different things or do not match the question.
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