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Jordi Casals-Ariet  

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  • Jordi Casals-Ariet was a Spanish-born American physician and viral epidemiologist who discovered the Lassa fever virus in 1969, along with many other viruses throughout his career. He helped classify about 1,000 viruses, establishing their taxonomies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Casals-Ariet, Jordi (1911–2004)]

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