He and Élie Metchnikoff received the 1908 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for this work, which led to an effective syphilis treatment by 1910.
On i Ilja Iljič Mečnikov su dobili Nobelovu nagradu za fiziologiju i medicinu 1908. za taj rad, koji je doveo do razvoja efektivnog tretmana za sifilis do 1910.