[Leish-l] Leishmaniasis looses one of its icons - Bob Killick-Kendrick

[Luis Marcelo Aranha Camargo, MD, PhD]

I MET BOB AT THE LAST ISOPS IN TURKEY. A GREAT FELLOW AND SCIENTIST.  
HE WAS HAPPY AND DANCED A LOT AT THE END OF THE MEETING! A GREAT  
DEFEAT FOR SCIENCE/PARASITOLOGY. LUIS MARCELO A. CAMARGO


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>
>  I have the very sad task to inform everybody that last night  
> (22/10/2011) Bob Killick-Kendrick died. Leishmaniasis has lost one  
> of its icons and the breadth and depth of Bob´s comments on-line and  
> at meetings based on years of experience is a terrible loss to us  
> all. Bob´s career spanned many areas of parasitology. He worked on  
> trypanosomiasis in Nigeria with David Godfrey and on returning to  
> England dedicated many years to malaria, in particular rodent  
> malaria. He travelled extensively on field projects all over the  
> world and together with Prof Rioux was seminal in understanding the  
> ecology of leishmaniasis in the Southern France where lived.Jeffrey  
> Shaw Leish-L welcomes your comments and anecdotes on Bob´s life so  
> please send them.


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