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Ian Frazer
Scottish-born Australian immunologist
Sir Almroth Edward Wright
British bacteriologist and immunologist
Theiler, Max
Max Theiler
American microbiologist
Émile Roux
Émile Roux
French bacteriologist
Fernand-Isidore Widal
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Thomas Francis, Jr.
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