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Lee Ho-wang

South Korean virologist (1928–2022)

  • Fame42.8
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia542
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Lived 1928–2022, aged 94South Korea
South KoreaSouth KoreaAcademicsAcademic
  • Wikipedia
    8 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1928–2022
    Aged 94
  • Awards
    3
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-07-21

Ho Wang Lee was a South Korean physician, epidemiologist, and virologist. He was the first person in the history of medicine to be the one chiefly responsible for all three of the following steps: discovery of a virus causing a human disease, development of a method of diagnosis for the disease, and development of a vaccine against the disease.

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