The virus detective who discovered Ebola in 1976 - BBC News
WEBJul 17, 2014 · In 1976, a 27-year-old Belgian scientist travelled to a remote part of central Africa to tackle a mysterious deadly disease, now known as Ebola
The Scientist Who Discovered Ebola | Viruses101 | Learn ... - Nature
WEBNov 5, 2014 · With all the media coverage and focus on the Ebola Virus, some may wonder who actually discovered it. In 1976 Dr. Peter Piot of Belgium and his colleagues were the …
The Congolese Doctor Who Discovered Ebola - NPR
WEBJul 9, 2020 · Jean-Jacques Muyembe is a Congolese doctor who headed up the response to the recent Ebola outbreak in Congo. Back in 1976, he was the first doctor to collect a …
This Congolese Doctor Discovered Ebola But Never Got Credit For …
WEBNov 4, 2019 · Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe first encountered Ebola in 1976, before it had been identified. Since then, from his post at the Congo National Institute for Biomedical …
Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum - Wikipedia
Jean-Jacques Muyembe is a Congolese microbiologist. He is the general director of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Institut National pour la Recherche Biomedicale (INRB). He was part of team at the Yambuku Catholic Mission Hospital that investigated the first Ebola outbreak, and was part of the effort that discovered Ebola as a new disease, although his exact role is still subject to controversy. In 2016, he led the research that designed, along with other researchers …
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Peter Piot - Wikipedia
WEBSir Peter Karel, Baron Piot (born 17 February 1949) [1] is a Belgian-British microbiologist known for his research into Ebola and AIDS. After helping discover the Ebola virus in 1976 …
The Congolese Doctor Who Discovered Ebola : Short Wave - NPR
WEBDec 11, 2019 · Jean-Jacques Muyembe is a Congolese doctor heading up the response to the current Ebola outbreak in Congo. Back in 1976, he was the first doctor to collect a …
A Witness to Ebola’s Discovery - The New York Times
WEBAug 9, 2014 · Dr. Frederick Murphy was the first person to see Ebola up close in 1976. He reflects on disease he has come to know over the last 38 years.
This Congolese Doctor Discovered Ebola But Never Got Credit For …
WEBNov 7, 2019 · The man who gets the bulk of the credit for discovering Ebola is Dr. Peter Piot. At the time, he was a young microbiologist at the Institute for Tropical Medicine in …
Former UNAIDS director Peter Piot recounts his role in …
WEBIn 1976, Piot co-discovered the Ebola virus in Zaire. In the 1980s, as one of the first scientists to study AIDS, he was involved in a series of collaborative projects in several African countries, including Project SIDA in Kinshasa, …
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