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Frank Fenner

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Frank John Fenner was an Australian virologist whose career is marked by two major achievements, his role in overseeing the global eradication of smallpox and his earlier work on controlling Australia's rabbit population through the deliberate introduction of the myxoma virus. His research shaped the modern understanding of how viruses evolve within a host population over time.

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