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'''Barrie Patrick Marmion''' (20 May 1920 – 12 July 2014) was an English [[microbiologist]] who spent the majority of his career in Australia. He is known for his work on [[Q fever]], and developed the first vaccine against the bacteria that causes it.
==Early life==
Barrie Marmion was born in 1920 in [[Alverstoke]], [[Hampshire]], to Joseph, a pharmacist, and Melita "Millie" Marmion. He began studying medicine at [[University College London]] in 1939 and, after a brief secondment to the [[Welsh National School of Medicine]] because of the war, graduated in 1944.<ref name=bmj></ref>
==Career==
Marmion began his medical career at the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) as a trainee in [[pathology]]; he was seconded in this position to [[Cambridge]] and [[Colindale]], working in the virus reference laboratory at the latter.<ref name=bmj/> In 1951, he was awarded a [[Rockefeller Fellowship]] allowing him to travel to [[Melbourne]], Australia, and work at the [[Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research]],<ref name=monash>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> where he studied [[Murray Valley encephalitis virus]] and respiratory viruses alongside [[Macfarlane Burnet]]. Marmion returned to the UK in 1952, joining [[Michael Stoker]]'s [[Q fever]] research group at [[Cambridge University]]. He moved to [[Leeds]] as the head of the new PHLS virus laboratory in 1955.<ref name=bmj/> At Leeds, he published the first description of Q fever [[endocarditis]] and co-authored a paper with [[Leonard Hayflick]] identifying the cause of [[Mycoplasma pneumonia]].<ref name=rcpe></ref>
Marmion returned to Melbourne in 1963 as the Foundation Professor of Microbiology at the newly established [[Monash University]] Medical School.<ref name=rcpe/> At Monash, he established the microbiology curriculum for medical students while researching [[Mycoplasma]] antigens and [[hepatitis A]].<ref name=monash/><ref name=rcpe/> He left Australia for the UK again in 1968 after accepting a role as the Robert Irvine Chair of Bacteriology at the [[University of Edinburgh]].<ref name=rcpe/> Shortly after he arrived in Edinburgh, he was involved in investigating an outbreak of [[hepatitis B]] in the local [[dialysis]] unit; he discovered that the high mortality was due to concurrent [[hepatitis C]] infection. This investigation laid the groundwork for the principles of bloodborne virus control that would later be applied to [[HIV]].<ref name=bmj/>
In 1979, Marmion moved to Australia once again, this time as the senior director of medical virology at the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science in [[Adelaide]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He expanded the institute's diagnostic laboratory service and led a research group that was, at time time, a leader in [[virology]] research in Australia.<ref name=bmj/> Marmion's main research interest at this stage was Q fever; he spearheaded the development of Q-Vax, the first vaccine against ''[[Coxiella burnetii]]'', the bacteria that causes Q fever.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref> He observed that Q fever led to a post-viral illness and hypothesised that it could cause [[chronic fatigue syndrome]].<ref name=rcpe/>
==Honours==
Marmion was made an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] in 1994 and received the Gold Medal of the [[Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia]]. He chaired Australia's [[National Health and Medical Research Council]] for many years<ref name=bmj/> and served as president of the Australian Society for Microbiology from 1984 to 1986.<ref name=monash/> He was a life member of the American Society for Rickettsiology and had a subspecies of ''[[Rickettsia honei]]'', ''Rickettsia honei'' var. ''marmionii'', named after him.<ref name=bmj/>
==References==
[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:English microbiologists]]
[[Category:Alumni of the UCL Medical School]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of Australia]]
[[Category:English expatriates in Australia]]
[[Category:Rockefeller Fellows]]
[[Category:English pathologists]]
[[Category:Monash University faculty]]
[[Category:Academics of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:British virologists]]
==Early life==
Barrie Marmion was born in 1920 in [[Alverstoke]], [[Hampshire]], to Joseph, a pharmacist, and Melita "Millie" Marmion. He began studying medicine at [[University College London]] in 1939 and, after a brief secondment to the [[Welsh National School of Medicine]] because of the war, graduated in 1944.<ref name=bmj></ref>
==Career==
Marmion began his medical career at the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) as a trainee in [[pathology]]; he was seconded in this position to [[Cambridge]] and [[Colindale]], working in the virus reference laboratory at the latter.<ref name=bmj/> In 1951, he was awarded a [[Rockefeller Fellowship]] allowing him to travel to [[Melbourne]], Australia, and work at the [[Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research]],<ref name=monash>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> where he studied [[Murray Valley encephalitis virus]] and respiratory viruses alongside [[Macfarlane Burnet]]. Marmion returned to the UK in 1952, joining [[Michael Stoker]]'s [[Q fever]] research group at [[Cambridge University]]. He moved to [[Leeds]] as the head of the new PHLS virus laboratory in 1955.<ref name=bmj/> At Leeds, he published the first description of Q fever [[endocarditis]] and co-authored a paper with [[Leonard Hayflick]] identifying the cause of [[Mycoplasma pneumonia]].<ref name=rcpe></ref>
Marmion returned to Melbourne in 1963 as the Foundation Professor of Microbiology at the newly established [[Monash University]] Medical School.<ref name=rcpe/> At Monash, he established the microbiology curriculum for medical students while researching [[Mycoplasma]] antigens and [[hepatitis A]].<ref name=monash/><ref name=rcpe/> He left Australia for the UK again in 1968 after accepting a role as the Robert Irvine Chair of Bacteriology at the [[University of Edinburgh]].<ref name=rcpe/> Shortly after he arrived in Edinburgh, he was involved in investigating an outbreak of [[hepatitis B]] in the local [[dialysis]] unit; he discovered that the high mortality was due to concurrent [[hepatitis C]] infection. This investigation laid the groundwork for the principles of bloodborne virus control that would later be applied to [[HIV]].<ref name=bmj/>
In 1979, Marmion moved to Australia once again, this time as the senior director of medical virology at the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science in [[Adelaide]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He expanded the institute's diagnostic laboratory service and led a research group that was, at time time, a leader in [[virology]] research in Australia.<ref name=bmj/> Marmion's main research interest at this stage was Q fever; he spearheaded the development of Q-Vax, the first vaccine against ''[[Coxiella burnetii]]'', the bacteria that causes Q fever.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref> He observed that Q fever led to a post-viral illness and hypothesised that it could cause [[chronic fatigue syndrome]].<ref name=rcpe/>
==Honours==
Marmion was made an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] in 1994 and received the Gold Medal of the [[Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia]]. He chaired Australia's [[National Health and Medical Research Council]] for many years<ref name=bmj/> and served as president of the Australian Society for Microbiology from 1984 to 1986.<ref name=monash/> He was a life member of the American Society for Rickettsiology and had a subspecies of ''[[Rickettsia honei]]'', ''Rickettsia honei'' var. ''marmionii'', named after him.<ref name=bmj/>
==References==
[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:English microbiologists]]
[[Category:Alumni of the UCL Medical School]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of Australia]]
[[Category:English expatriates in Australia]]
[[Category:Rockefeller Fellows]]
[[Category:English pathologists]]
[[Category:Monash University faculty]]
[[Category:Academics of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:British virologists]]
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