Biography:Mario Rizzetto

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Mario Rizzetto
Born (1945-06-04) 4 June 1945 (age 79)
Alma materUniversity of Padua
Known forHepatitis D
AwardsKing Faisal International Prize (1985)
Robert Koch Prize (1987)
William Beaumont Prize (1988)
Hans Popper Award (1992)
Scientific career
FieldsVirology

Mario Rizzetto (born 4 June 1945) is an Italian virologist who in 1977 first reported the Hepatitis D virus as a nuclear antigen in patients infected with HBV who had severe liver disease.[1]

He graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Padua in 1969.[2] He was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine in 1985, the Robert Koch Prize in 1987, the William Beaumont Prize of the American Gastroenterological Association in 1988,[3] and the Hans Popper Award in 1992.

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