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American anthropologist and epidemiologist
William Farr
British physician
Archibald Leman Cochrane
British physician
Zsuzsanna Jakab
Hungarian epidemiologist
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Dorry Segev
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Carlos J. Finlay
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American microbiologist
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Guillaume de Baillou
French physician
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American bacteriologist and epidemiologist
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