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Peter Piot
Belgian microbiologist
Martinus W. Beijerinck
Martinus W. Beijerinck
Dutch microbiologist and botanist
David Baltimore.
David Baltimore
American virologist
Nathan Wolfe, 2008.
Nathan Wolfe
American virologist and epidemiologist
Harold Varmus
Harold Varmus
American scientist
Burnet, Sir Macfarlane
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Australian physician
J. Michael Bishop
American scientist
Renato Dulbecco, 1966.
Renato Dulbecco
Italian-American virologist
John Franklin Enders
American microbiologist
Salvador E. Luria.
Salvador Luria
Italian-American biologist
Frederick Chapman Robbins
American physician
Thomas H. Weller
American physician and virologist
Howard Martin Temin
American virologist
Luc Montagnier
Luc Montagnier
French scientist
Harald zur Hausen
Harald zur Hausen
German virologist
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
French virologist
Charles M. Rice
American virologist
Harvey J. Alter
Harvey J. Alter
American virologist
Michael Houghton
British-born virologist
Thomas Milton Rivers
American virologist

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