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Frank Fenner

Frank Fenner

Australian National University
Australia

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Awards & Achievements

2002 - Prime Minister's Prize for Science, Australia For eradication of smallpox, and the trialling and release of the rabbit myxoma virus

1988 - Japan Prize for the eradication of Smallpox.

1977 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

1954 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

Virus
Gene
Disease

His primary scientific interests are in Virology, Virus, Myxomatosis, Myxoma virus and Smallpox. His Virology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Vaccinia, Cowpox, Pathogenicity and Immunology. The Cowpox study combines topics in areas such as Smallpox virus, Monkeypox, Vaccinia immune globulin and Microbiology.

His Virus research focuses on Nomenclature and how it relates to Poliovirus. Frank Fenner focuses mostly in the field of Myxomatosis, narrowing it down to matters related to European rabbit and, in some cases, Biological pest control and Vertebrate. He interconnects Poliomyelitis eradication, Poliomyelitis, Smallpox vaccine and Intensive care medicine in the investigation of issues within Smallpox.

His most cited work include:

Smallpox and its eradication (1372 citations)
The production of antibodies (506 citations)
The Biology of animal viruses (258 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Frank Fenner focuses on Virology, Virus, Smallpox, Immunology and Myxomatosis. In his study, Orthopoxvirus is inextricably linked to Poxviridae, which falls within the broad field of Virology. His Virus study combines topics in areas such as Transmission, Rabbitpox and Infectious ectromelia.

His Smallpox research incorporates elements of Cowpox, Smallpox virus, Smallpox vaccine and Variola virus. Immunology and Disease are frequently intertwined in his study. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Epidemiology, Virus diseases, Epizootic, Veterinary medicine and European rabbit.

He most often published in these fields:

Virology (58.71%)
Virus (24.88%)
Smallpox (10.95%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1992-2019)?

Virology (58.71%)
Smallpox (10.95%)
Smallpox virus (3.48%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Frank Fenner mainly focuses on Virology, Smallpox, Smallpox virus, Poxviridae and Virus. Frank Fenner studies Veterinary virology, a branch of Virology. The various areas that he examines in his Smallpox study include Nature versus nurture, Public health, Criminology and Variola virus.

Frank Fenner has included themes like Paralysis, Biological warfare and Smallpox vaccine in his Smallpox virus study. His Virus study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Ecology, Genome, Microecology and Arthropod. His work carried out in the field of Orthopoxvirus brings together such families of science as Inoculation and Cowpox.

Between 1992 and 2019, his most popular works were:

Biological control of vertebrate pests : the history of myxomatosis ; an experiment in evolution (176 citations)
Is Polio Eradication Realistic (80 citations)
Adventures with poxviruses of vertebrates (77 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

Virus
Gene
Disease

Frank Fenner mainly investigates Smallpox, Virology, Orthopoxvirus, Poxviridae and Smallpox virus. His study looks at the relationship between Smallpox and fields such as Variola virus, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems. His research in Orthopoxvirus focuses on subjects like Cowpox, which are connected to Global health, Ancient history, Variolation and Colonization.

His Poxviridae research includes themes of Virus, Cidofovir, Ectromelia virus and Smallpox vaccine. His work on Viral disease as part of his general Virus study is frequently connected to Development economics, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science. His research in Smallpox virus intersects with topics in Environmental health, Convention, Armed conflict, Law and economics and Terrorism.

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Best Publications

Smallpox and its eradication

Frank Fenner.
(1988)

2257 Citations

The production of antibodies

F. M. Burnet;Frank Fenner.
(1949)

819 Citations

The Biology of animal viruses

Frank Fenner.
(1974)

393 Citations

Biological control of vertebrate pests : the history of myxomatosis ; an experiment in evolution

Frank Fenner;Bernardino Fantini.
Biological control of vertebrate pests: the history of myxomatosis, an experiment in evolution. (1999)

268 Citations

The biological characters of several strains of vaccinia, cowpox and rabbitpox viruses.

Frank Fenner.
Virology (1958)

193 Citations

A successful eradication campaign. Global eradication of smallpox.

Frank Fenner.
Clinical Infectious Diseases (1982)

181 Citations

A comparison of the virulence for European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) of strains of myxoma virus recovered in the field in Australia, Europe and America.

Frank Fenner;I. D. Marshall.
Journal of Hygiene (1957)

179 Citations

The Florey Lecture, 1983 - Biological control, as exemplified by smallpox eradication and myxomatosis

Frank John Fenner.
Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (1983)

177 Citations

The pathogenesis of the acute exanthems; an interpretation based on experimental investigations with mousepox; infectious ectromelia of mice.

Frank Fenner.
The Lancet (1948)

163 Citations

Studies in the epidemiology of infectious myxomatosis of rabbits. V. Changes in the innate resistance of Australian wild rabbits exposed to myxomatosis.

I. D. Marshall;Frank Fenner.
Journal of Hygiene (1958)

133 Citations

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