Bert Achong (1928-1996) was a Trinidadian-born pathologist who made major discoveries in virology. He is best known for co-discovering the Epstein-Barr virus through electron microscopy, identifying the first virus shown to cause cancer in humans, and in 1971 he discovered human foamy virus, the first retrovirus known to naturally infect humans.
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Death PlaceHampstead, United Kingdom 1 BirthplacePort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1 Field
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He moved to Europe at 18 and enrolled at University College Dublin, where he received his medical degree in 1953.
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He moved with Epstein to the Department of Pathology at University of Bristol in 1968, where he was a popular lecturer on cellular pathology until his retirement in 1985.
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Bert Geoffrey Achong (6 December 1928-20 November 1996) was a Trinidadian-born pathologist
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