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Prasert Thongcharoen

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Prasert Thongcharoen (ศาสตราจารย์เกียรติคุณ นายแพทย์ ประเสริฐ ทองเจริญ) (2 January 1933 - 9 July 2019) was a Thai virologist, specialised in the fields of SARS, HIV, Bird Flu and many other diseases. Graduated from Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg and University of Hamburg,[1] he then started researching on virus diseases straight after his graduation, and today, he continues to research in a field which he specialises in. He was also the Director of WHO Collaborating Centre on AIDS and Member of the WHO Expert Committee Advisory Panel on Virus Diseases.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Mahidol University, Mahidol University- B. Braun Prize 2006 Winner, Printed by P.A. Living Co., Ltd., Bangkok, 2006, p. 13-14. (Thai)
  2. ^ Mahidol University, Mahidol University- B. Braun Prize 2006 Winner, Printed by P.A. Living Co., Ltd., Bangkok, 2006, p. 17-18. (Thai)
  3. ^ "Acclaimed virologist Prasert dies at 86". The Nation Thailand. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2021.