Weller, Thomas Huckle

Stephen E Mawdsley

doi:10.1002/9780470015902.a0002948

Weller, Thomas Huckle

Stephen E Mawdsley

Faculty Of Humanities And Social Sciences

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Abstract

Dr. Thomas H. Weller, MD, was an American virologist and paediatrician who was jointly awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Dr. John F. Enders and Dr. Frederick C. Robbins for discovering a method to culture poliovirus in various tissues. The method transformed the field of virology and led to the discovery of many vaccines.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	eLS
Place of Publication	Chichester
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0002948
Publication status	Published - 16 Feb 2015

Keywords

parasitology
virology
tropical medicine
tissue culture
rubella
Robbins
poliomyelitis

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