About Hunein Maassab
Lived 1926 – 2014 (aged 87). Hunein Maassab was a Syrian physician, known for Live attenuated influenza vaccine.
Hunein (John) Maassab (born Hunein Maassab) was a Syrian-American professor of epidemiology known for developing the live attenuated influenza vaccine
Maassab was born June 11, 1926, in Damascus, Syria, he immigrated to the United States in the late 1940s and started using the name John. Maassab received his Bachelor of Arts in 1950 and Master of Arts 1952 University of Missouri. This was followed by Master of Public Health in 1954 and a Ph.D. in 1956 from the University of Michigan.
Maassab first isolated the Influenza Type-A-Ann Arbor virus in 1960 and by 1967 had developed a cold-adapted virus. His research lasted 40 years and resulted in FluMist, a cold-adapted, live attenuated, trivalent influenza virus vaccine.
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Who was Hunein Maassab?
American medicine professor (1926–2014)
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Hunein Maassab was born on 11 June 1926 in Damascus.
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Hunein Maassab died on 1 February 2014 in North Carolina.
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Hunein Maassab was a physician.
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Hunein Maassab was known for Live attenuated influenza vaccine.
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Hunein Maassab was Syrian.
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