Thomas Francis Jr.
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Thomas Francis Jr.
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Thomas Francis Jr. was an American physician, virologist, and epidemiologist who guided the discovery and development of the polio vaccine being worked on by his student Jonas Salk. Francis was the first person to isolate influenza virus in the United States, and in 1940 showed that there are other strains of influenza, and took part in the development of influenza vaccines.
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American virologist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Francis_Jr.
date created:
2005-04-11T00:16:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T16:11:40Z
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