Isao Arita, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Date of Birth: 15-May-1926
Place of Birth: Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Profession: physician, virologist
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Isao Arita
- Isao Arita (born 1926) is a Japanese physician, virologist and vaccination specialist who headed the World Health Organization (WHO) Smallpox Eradication Unit in 1977–85.
- During this period, smallpox became the first infectious disease of humans to be eradicated globally.
- For this work, he and his colleagues were awarded the Japan Prize in 1988.
- He also advised the successful programme to eradicate poliovirus from the Western Pacific region.
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