Christian Drosten
Christian Heinrich Maria Drosten (, born 1972) is a German
virologist whose field of research broadly concerns RNA-viruses, specifically in the areas of ecology, epidemiology and evolution of novel viruses ''(
emergent viruses)''. During the
COVID-19 pandemic, Drosten's extensive work on previously described Coronaviruses (
MERS-CoV,
SARS-CoV) enabled him and his laboratory to notably contribute to the efforts to identify, monitor and manage the spread of
SARS-CoV2, which led to his national prominence as an expert on the implications and actions required to combat the illness in Germany.
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