Yvonne Cossart Explained

Yvonne Edna Cossart (14 August 1934 – 16 December 2014)[1] was an Australian virologist, who discovered the parvovirus B19 in 1975.[2]

Cossart graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science in 1957 and MBBS in 1959.[3]

She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to medicine as a specialist in infectious diseases, especially in the areas of virological research, epidemiology and disease prevention, and to education".[4]

Cossart died at Greenwich Hospital on 16 December 2014, aged 80.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Death Notice: Yvonne COSSART . Legacy.com . 18 December 2014 . 5 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Cossart, Yvonne . The University of Sydney School of Medicine Online Museum . University of Sydney . 5 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Cossart, Yvonne - Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive. www.sydney.edu.au. 2020-04-06.
  4. Web site: Professor Yvonne Edna Cossart. It's an Honour. 2020-04-06.
  5. Web site: Yvonne COSSART. Memories. en. 2020-04-06.

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