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Ernest Shalom Tierkel (July 2, 1917 – November 2, 1981) was an epidemiologist, whose lifelong work in implementing vaccines and programs eliminated rabies as a major public health concern in the United States. His work was then spread through the World Health Organization (WHO) to the rest of the world. Tierkel came to be known as “Dr. Rabies”.