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.
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4by Hector De Lima, Zoraya De Guglielmo, Armando Rodríguez, Jacinto Convit, Noris RodriguezGet access
Published 2002
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5by Hector De Lima, Zoraya De Guglielmo, Armando Rodríguez, Jacinto Convit, Noris RodriguezGet access
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2002)
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6by Olga Zerpa, Marian Ulrich, Rafael Borges, Vestalia Rodríguez, Marta Centeno, Emilia Negrón, Doris Belizario, Jacinto ConvitGet access
Published in Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (2003)
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