Prasert Thongcharoen
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Emeritus Professor Dr.Prasert Thongcharoen (ศาสตราจารย์เกียรติคุณ นายแพทย์ ประเสริฐ ทองเจริญ) M.D. (born 2 January 1933) - is a Thai virologist, specialised in the fields of SARS, HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...

, Bird Flu and many other diseases. Graduated from Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine; is a medical institution based in Hamburg, Germany which is dedicated to research, treatment, training and therapy of tropical and infectious diseases....

 Hamburg and University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg
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, he then started researching on virus diseases straight after his graduation, and today, he continues to research in a field which he specialises in. His reputation was acquired both nationally and internationally during the spread of Bird Flu a few years ago. Dr.Prasert has been presented with many illustrious awards, to name one, the B-Brown award given by the prestigious Mahidol University. He was also the Director of WHO
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 Collaborating Centre on AIDS and Member of the WHO
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Expert Committee Advisory Panel on Virus Diseases.
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