Ernest S. Tierkel
Deceased Person
1917 – 1981
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Who was Ernest S. Tierkel?
Ernest Shalom Tierkel was a world-renowned epidemiologist in the crusade to eradicate rabies from all continents. His lifelong work in implementing vaccines and programs would eliminate rabies as a major public health concern in the United States. His work was then spread through the World Health Organization to the rest of the world. Indeed Tierkel came to be known as “Dr. Rabies”.
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- Born
- Jul 2, 1917
- Also known as
- Ernest Tierkel
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- Columbia University
- University of Virginia
- Died
- 1981
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on July 23, 2013
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