Isao Arita
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Isao Arita
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Isao Arita was a Japanese physician, virologist and vaccination specialist who headed the World Health Organization (WHO) Smallpox Eradication Unit in 1977–85. During this period, smallpox became the first infectious disease of humans to be eradicated globally. He and his colleagues were awarded the Japan Prize in 1988 for this work. He also advised the successful programme to eradicate poliovirus from the Western Pacific region.
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Japanese medical scientist (1926–2023)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Arita
date created:
2016-08-23T01:51:13Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T07:49:38Z
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