Robert Webster (virologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Robert Webster (virologist)

virologist

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1932

Place of Birth: Balclutha, Otago Region, New Zealand

Profession: biologist, university teacher, virologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Robert Webster (virologist)

  • Robert Gordon Webster (born 5 July 1932 in Balclutha, New Zealand) is an avian influenza authority who correctly posited that pandemic strains of flu arise from genes in flu virus strains in nonhumans; for example, via a reassortment of genetic segments (antigenic shift) between viruses in humans and nonhumans (especially birds) rather than by mutations (antigenic drift) in annual human flu strains.

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