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Suniti Solomon

1938 - 2015

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Suniti Solomon (1938 or 1939 – 28 July 2015) was an Indian physician and microbiologist who pioneered AIDS research and prevention in India after having diagnosed the first Indian AIDS cases among the Chennai sex workers in 1986 along with her student Sellappan Nirmala . She founded the YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education in Chennai. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Suniti Solomon has received more than 95,181 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Suniti Solomon is the 717th most popular physician, the 1,322nd most popular biography from India and the 12th most popular Indian Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 95k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Suniti Solomon ranks 717 out of 726. Before her are Siddhartha Mukherjee, David Shulkin, James Heilman, Atul Gawande, Ai Fen, and Hinrich Romeike. After her are Deborah Birx, Jonny Kim, Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, Yvonne Cagle, Vivek Murthy, and Alaa Murabit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Suniti Solomon ranks 622. Before her are Derek Dougan, Shashi Deshpande, Sai Paranjpye, Richard Meade, Frank Kelly, and Paul G. Kirk. After her are Bill Christian, Jim Wedderburn, and Tom Lester. Among people deceased in 2015, Suniti Solomon ranks 576. Before her are Claudia Alexander, Sergey Sharikov, Greg Plitt, Olga Syahputra, Jerome Kersey, and Gregory Mertens. After her are Richie Benaud, Márton Fülöp, Tim Drummond, Alfredo Pacheco, Windell Middlebrooks, and Jasodhara Bagchi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Suniti Solomon ranks 1,322 out of 1,861. Before her are Dino Morea (1975), Tanishaa Mukerji (1978), Nagma (1974), Himani Shivpuri (1960), Ileana D'Cruz (1987), and Nirupama Rao (1950). After her are Sudeep (1973), Yukta Mookhey (1977), Diana Edulji (1956), M. M. Keeravani (1961), Yuvraj Singh (1981), and Meena (1975).

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Among PHYSICIANS In India

Among physicians born in India, Suniti Solomon ranks 12. Before her are Narendra Dabholkar (1945), Indira Nath (1938), Devi Shetty (1953), Kamal Ranadive (1917), Soumya Swaminathan (1959), and Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970).

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