Jacinto Convit

Jacinto Convit Jacinto Convit García (11 September 1913 – 12 May 2014) was a Venezuelan physician and scientist, known for developing a vaccine to prevent leprosy and his studies to treat cancer. He played a role in founding Venezuela's National Institute of Biomedicine and held many leprosy-related positions. Among Convit's many honors for his work on leprosy and tropical diseases was Spain's Prince of Asturias Award in the Scientific and Technical Research category and France's Legion of Honor. In 1988, Convit was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine for his experimental anti-leprosy vaccine. Provided by Wikipedia
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    IgG Antibodies in Leprosy and Their Relation to Thl/Th2 Responses

    IgG Antibodies in Leprosy and Their Relation to Thl/Th2 Responses by Marian Ulrich, Vestalia Rodriguez, Marta Centeno and Jacinto Convit

    Published 1998-06-01
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    Isolation of Leishmania infantum, zymodeme MON-1 from canine and human visceral leishmaniasis on Margarita Island, Venezuela

    Isolation of Leishmania infantum, zymodeme MON-1 from canine and human visceral leishmaniasis on Margarita Island, Venezuela by Olga Zerpa, Francine Pratlong, Marian Ulrich, Jacinto Convit

    Published 2001-10-01
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    Serologic follow-up of IgG responses against recombinant mycobacterial proteins ML0405, ML2331 and LID-1 in a leprosy hyperendemic area in Venezuela

    Serologic follow-up of IgG responses against recombinant mycobacterial proteins ML0405, ML2331 and LID-1 in a leprosy hyperendemic area in Venezuela by Elsa Rada, Malcolm S Duthie, Steven G Reed, Nacarid Aranzazu, Jacinto Convit

    Published 2012-12-01
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    Cotton Rats (Sigmodon hispidus) and Black Rats (Rattus rattus) as Possible Reservoirs of Leishmania spp. in Lara State, Venezuela

    Cotton Rats (Sigmodon hispidus) and Black Rats (Rattus rattus) as Possible Reservoirs of Leishmania spp. in Lara State, Venezuela by Hector De Lima, Zoraya De Guglielmo, Armando Rodríguez, Jacinto Convit, Noris Rodriguez

    Published 2002-03-01
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    Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Warao lineage communities of Delta Amacuro State, Venezuela

    Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Warao lineage communities of Delta Amacuro State, Venezuela by Diana Ortiz, María Eugenia Cavazza, Orquídea Rodríguez, Isabel Hagel, María Correnti, Jacinto Convit

    Published 2003-09-01
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    Vacinas para a Hanseníase

    Vacinas para a Hanseníase by Jacinto Convit, Rafael Borges, Marian Ulrich, Nacarid Aranzazu, María E. Pinardi, Juan José Parra

    Published 2003-06-01
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    Therapy of Venezuelan patients with severe mucocutaneous or early lesions of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis with a vaccine containing pasteurized Leishmania promastigotes and bacillus Calmette-Guerin: preliminary report

    Therapy of Venezuelan patients with severe mucocutaneous or early lesions of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis with a vaccine containing pasteurized Leishmania promastigotes and baci... by Jacinto Convit, Marian Ulrich, María Argelia Polegre, Angela Avila, Noris Rodríguez, Maria Ilina Mazzedo, Belkis Blanco

    Published 2004-02-01
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    Epidemiological and immunological aspects of human visceral leishmaniasis on Margarita Island, Venezuela

    Epidemiological and immunological aspects of human visceral leishmaniasis on Margarita Island, Venezuela by Olga Zerpa, Marian Ulrich, Margarita Benitez, Concepción Ávila, Vestalia Rodríguez, Marta Centeno, Doris Belizario, Steven G Reed, Jacinto Convit

    Published 2002-12-01
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