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

[Filipe Dantas Torres]

Dear Jeff and colleagues,

This is very sad news. The first time I met Professor Killick-Kendrick was
in 2003. At that time, I was an undergraduate student attending a veterinary
congress in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He delivered a  comprehensive talk,
sharing with us important insights into bio-ecology of sand fly and
epidemiology of leishmaniasis. Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting him
twice, including in the last WL in India. Unfortunately, I did not have a
chance to work with him directly, but his contributions to science already
taught me a lot. As a young leishmaniac, I will always have his studies as a
source of inspiration and learning.

My sincere condolences to his wife.

All the best,
Filipe

-- 
Dr. Filipe Dantas-Torres
Department of Veterinary Public Health
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Bari
Str. Prov. per Casamassima km 3
70010 Valenzano (Bari), Italy
Tel/fax: +39 080 4679839
Email: f.dantastorres at veterinaria.uniba.it or filipe.vet at globo.com


2011/10/23 jeffrey shaw <jayusp at hotmail.com>

>   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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