Carlo Urbani

Carlo Urbani

Carlo Urbani (Italian: [ˈkarlo urˈbaːni] ; 19 October 1956 – 29 March 2003) was an Italian physician and microbiologist and the first to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as probably a new and dangerously contagious viral disease, and his early warning to the World Health Organization (WHO) triggered a swift and global response credited with saving numerous lives. Shortly afterwards, he himself became infected and died. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in undefined different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Urbani is the NaNth most popular physician, the NaNth most popular biography from Italy.