What is Ciro de Quadros?
[[File:Cirodequadros.jpg|thumb|Ciro de Quadros in September 2013.]] '''Ciro Carlos Araujo de Quadros''' (30 January 1940 &ndash; 28 May 2014) was a [[Brazil]]ian [[physician]]. He was a leader in the field of [[public health]] mainly in the area of [[vaccine]]s and [[Vaccine-preventable diseases|preventable diseases]] such as [[polio]] and [[smallpox]]. He was born in [[Rio Pardo]], [[Rio Grande do Sul]]. Ciro de Quadros died from [[pancreatic cancer]] in 28 May 2014 in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]. He was 74.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140531/ciro-de-quadros-key-figure-in-eradicating-smallpox-and-polio-dies-at-74|title=Ciro de Quadros, key figure in eradicating smallpox and polio, dies at 74|work=[[New Haven Register]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=31 May 2014|access-date=1 June 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.vaccinestoday.eu/author/cquadros/ Ciro de Quadros] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204153535/http://www.vaccinestoday.eu/author/cquadros/ |date=2014-02-04 }} at [http://www.vaccinestoday.eu/ Vaccines Today] {{DEFAULTSORT:de Quadros, Ciro}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Brazilian physicians]] [[Category:Epidemiologists]] [[Category:People from Rio Grande do Sul]] {{Bio-stub}}