Franklin Allen Neva (June 8, 1922 in Cloquet, Minnesota – October 16, 2011 in Billings, Montana) was a virologist and physician who discovered Boston exanthem disease, helped isolate rubella virus, and worked with Jonas Salk on the development of the polio vaccine.
[2] Neva received his MD from University of Minnesota Medical School in 1946, as part of a Navy training program.
He became a professor at University of Pittsburgh, where he worked with Jonas Salk on a vaccine for polio.
[4] While at Pittsburgh, he also isolated ECHO 16, the virus responsible for Boston exanthem disease.
[5] In 1964 he moved back to Harvard to head the Department of Tropical Public Health.