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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Surely a great loss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">May his soul rest in peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br [mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Martin Sanchez<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 14, 2014 11:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nancy Gore Saravia<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Leish-L; Jeffrey Shaw<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Leish-l] Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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De: Nancy Gore Saravia <<a href="mailto:saravian@cideim.org.co">saravian@cideim.org.co</a>>
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Fecha: 14/05/2014 11:31 (GMT-04:30) <br>
A: Martin Sanchez <<a href="mailto:martinsanchez1@gmail.com">martinsanchez1@gmail.com</a>>
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CC: Leish-L <<a href="mailto:Leish-l@lineu.icb.usp.br">Leish-l@lineu.icb.usp.br</a>>,Jeffrey Shaw <<a href="mailto:jayusp@hotmail.com">jayusp@hotmail.com</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for informing us.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2014-05-14 7:37 GMT-05:00 Martin Sanchez <<a href="mailto:martinsanchez1@gmail.com" target="_blank">martinsanchez1@gmail.com</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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 .<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 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 .<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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 ) .<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">may his soul rest in peace<o:p></o:p></p>
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Laboratorio de Biología Celular<br>
Instituto de Biomedicina<br>
UCV- MSDS<br>
Sàn nicolas a Providencia Apdo.4043<br>
Caracas 1010A Venezuela<br>
Tel: +58-212-8625326/8305323<br>
Fax:+58-212-8619593/8611258<o:p></o:p></p>
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