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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Surely a great loss.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">May his soul rest in peace.</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Martin Sanchez<br>
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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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for informing us.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nancy Gore Saravia</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>>:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">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</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">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 .</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""> 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 .</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">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</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">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 ) .</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">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="">may his soul rest in peace</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</p>
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