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- Title
Obituary for Christian Kunz, 1927–2020.
- Authors
Heinz, Franz X.
- Abstract
To young Christian Kunz in the 1950s, virology was an upcoming research field with many technological innovations and pioneering developments, e.g., the use of cell cultures for virus propagation and the development of polio vaccines. As a result, Kunz became acquainted with contemporary state of the art virus research and returned to Vienna with tremendous enthusiasm (and equipped with cell cultures for his research work). © Franz X. Heinz Emeritus status was conferred on Christian Kunz in 1996, and in 2006, he was awarded the Loeffler Frosch Medal by the international Society for Virology for his outstanding contributions to the development of virology in the German-speaking area (Fig.
- Subjects
CENTRAL nervous system viral diseases; MEDICAL virology
- Publication
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 2020, Vol 132, Issue 13/14, p410
- ISSN
0043-5325
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s00508-020-01680-3