Helio Gelli Pereira

Hélio Gelli Pereira (September 23, 1918 – 16 August 1994) was a Brazilian-British virologist specialising in adenoviruses. Pereira was a co-recipient of the 1987 UNESCO Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology and was known for his work on the book, Viruses of Vertebrates. He contributed to several areas of virology in research and international public service.

In 1957, he became a naturalised British subject. His wife had been working at a Salisbury hospital in a division of the Public Health Laboratory Service. Pereira accepted a post in Andrewes' laboratory, and they moved their family back to Mill Hill.

Pereira was known as a man of "infectious good nature".

Honours

Associate Founding Fellow of TWAS 1973 Fellow of the Royal Society 1975 Fellow of the Institute of Biology 1987 Carlos Findlay Prize, UNESCO

Appointments Member, Governing Body of the Animal Virus Research Institute Member, Committee on Immunological Products Control Member, Council of the Society for General Microbiology Member, Executive Committee of the International Committee for the Nomenclature of Viruses Chairman, Vertebrate Virus Subcommittee of the International Commission for the Nomenclature of Viruses Vice-Chairman, International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses; Life Member Member, WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Virus Diseases Member, WHO Animal Virus Characterization Board Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Non-Oncogenic Viruses of INSERM Member, Scientific Advisory Committee of the Pan American Foot and Mouth Disease Center