Klaus Stöhr

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Klaus Stöhr (born 1959 in Zerbst ) is a German virologist . He was Head of the Global Influenza Program and SARS Research Coordinator of the WHO .

Life

Stöhr studied epidemiology and veterinary medicine at the University of Leipzig, where he graduated in 1985. At the beginning of 2004 he warned of the H5N1 influenza A virus , the causative agent of the H5N1 bird flu , which could trigger a global flu epidemic .

At the beginning of 2007 he gave up his position at the WHO and switched to vaccine development at the pharmaceutical company Novartis , research location Boston / Cambridge.

Web links

  • Konrad Mrusek: The Etiologist. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 13, 2003, accessed on March 22, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Stöhr, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German virologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Zerbst