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Porter W. Anderson Jr.

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American microbiologist

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#20303
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#3147
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Microbiology
#1162
World Rank
#1323
Historical Rank
#210
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According to Wikipedia, Porter Warren Anderson Jr. is an American microbiologist best known for developing a vaccine that protects children from infections by Haemophilus influenzae type b , a leading cause of bacterial meningitis and epiglottitis. The techniques he and his colleague Ronald Eby invented were later utilized to develop a vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

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