Dr Mario Recker was part of a team from the south west whose research found ways to predict the severity of a case of the infection.
It will enable doctors to tailor the treatment to the case more accurately and also show which patients need closer monitoring.
Dartmoor visitor centre gets one last reprieve
But it will close in October unless cash can be found
Cornwall is key to Torbay's role in Devon devolution
'The two counties are natural partners'
Devon and Cornwall should combine under mayor, says Exeter MP
Steve Race supports city's unitary bid too
Plymouth supports South West Peninsula authority
Counties will get more working together, its claimed
Devon votes in favour of postponing May’s elections
Claims of democracy ‘denied’
