<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">That’s a great loss to leishmaniacs!<div>Claude Pirmez</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 14/05/2014, at 18:00, David, John R. <<a href="mailto:jdavid@hsph.harvard.edu">jdavid@hsph.harvard.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" fpstyle="1" ocsi="0" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Thanks for the sad information. I agree he left a large footprint/ I had the pleasure of collaborating with him on a project of treating CL with BCG and dead leishmania. It worked, but as it took longer for the immune mechanism to stop the enlargement of the lesions, it was not readily accepted.<div>John David<br><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><hr tabindex="-1"><div id="divRpF71702" style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br</a>] on behalf of Singha, Ujjal [<a href="mailto:usingha@mmc.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">usingha@mmc.edu</a>]<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1:52 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'Martin Sanchez'; Nancy Gore Saravia<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Leish-L; Jeffrey Shaw<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Leish-l] Obituary<br></font><br></div><div></div><div><div class="WordSection1"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Surely a great loss.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">May his soul rest in peace.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Martin Sanchez<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, May 14, 2014 11:20 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Nancy Gore Saravia<br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Leish-L; Jeffrey Shaw<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Leish-l] Obituary</span></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(87, 87, 87);">Enviado desde Samsung Mobile</span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br><br><br>-------- Mensaje original --------<br>De: Nancy Gore Saravia <<a href="mailto:saravian@cideim.org.co" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">saravian@cideim.org.co</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Fecha: 14/05/2014 11:31 (GMT-04:30)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>A: Martin Sanchez <<a href="mailto:martinsanchez1@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">martinsanchez1@gmail.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>CC: Leish-L <<a href="mailto:Leish-l@lineu.icb.usp.br" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Leish-l@lineu.icb.usp.br</a>>,Jeffrey Shaw <<a href="mailto:jayusp@hotmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">jayusp@hotmail.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Asunto: Re: [Leish-l] Obituary<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">What an amazing life and example of persistence! Dr. Convit left a large footprint on the field of lishmaniasis and many generations of investigators who will carry on with this noble cause.</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you for informing us.</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kind regards,</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nancy Gore Saravia</div></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">2014-05-14 7:37 GMT-05:00 Martin Sanchez <<a href="mailto:martinsanchez1@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">martinsanchez1@gmail.com</a>>:</div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I regret to inform the scientific community of the list today we buried our Maestro! Professor. Jacinto Convit who passed away on Monday, May 12 at the age of 100</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Professor Convit a great medical researcher born in Caracas Venezuelan in September 1913, stood out nationally and internationally as a leader in studies in the field of Dermatology and Public Health , developing models immunization against leprosy and leishmaniasis at the end of the eighties , which led him to be among the nominees for the Nobel Prize in Medicine .</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Dr. Convit created in the decade of the seventies, the National Institute of Dermatology, current (Institute of Biomedicine , which to date was its director. Added to this , among his achievements the creation of the network of national dermatological outpatient programs and the establishment of monitoring and control of diseases such as leprosy , leishmaniasis, and onchocerciasis, paracoccidioidomycosis .</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Author of over 200 scientific publications, , recognized nationally and internationally by his immunization models of endemic diseases in the country, and in recent years for development studies in cancer immunotherapy</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jacinto Convit received numerous national and international awards , some of which the Sovereign Order of Malta, Knight Grade " Religionis " (1969 ) , Armand Frappier Institute Medal Armand Frappier in Canada (1979 ) , Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research of Spain (1987 ) , "Health for all by the Year 2000 " WHO - PAHO (1988 ) , " Abraham Horwitz for American Health " Prize for the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF ), Washington Medal (1989 ) , Guy Number ( chair No. XXXI) of the National Academy of Medicine, Venezuela (1990 ) , " Mexico Science and Technology " award from the Government of the United States of Mexico (1990) and the Legion of Honor of France ( 2011 ) .</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dr Convit always be remembered for his patients, his humility, constant service vocation for over 75 years and her dedication to the health of Latin American</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">may his soul rest in peace</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Martín A. 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