Leonidas de Mello Deane, Brazilian parasitologist (Belém 18 March 1914 – Rio de Janeiro 30 January 1993) From
British father Authored
over 200 works Expert on
epidemiology of endemic parasitic diseases of the New World Recognized
as a world expert on malaria Studied
biology related to parasites transmission by entomological vectors Performed
studies on geographical distribution of Anophelinae Reported the first case of human infection by Plasmodium simium in scientific literature (1960s)
With his wife described a technique to scan intestinal content of Kissing bug DESCRIBED SPECIES (with wife) Diptera Anopheles sawyeri 1943 with Causey & Sampaio Anopheles galvaoi 1943 with Causey Anopheles pseudopunctipennis 1944 with Causey Chagasia roozeboomi 1944 with Causey Lutzomyia samueli 1955 Protozoa Trypanosoma diasi 1952 with Martins Trypanosoma coutinhoi 1961 Trypanosoma renjifoi Trypanosoma mesnilbrimonti Trypanosoma pessoai
1963 with Sugay HONORS
Visiting
Scientist, Imperial College of London (1970) Genus Deanemyia Galati 2003 (Diptera) His wife,
Maria Von Paumgartten Deane, Brazilian parasitologist (Belém 24 July 1916 – Rio
de Janeiro 13 August 1995)
From
Austrian father and French mother Co-authored
most of his works With H.L. Lenzi & A.M. Jansen discovered a double life cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi (vertebrate and invertebrate cycles) living in the same host, the opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) in 1984 Um método para manter colônias de triatomídeos em laboratórios. Rev. Serv. Espec. Saude Publ. 2(2):493-500, 1948 With E. Kirchner. Método simples de enriquecimento para evidenciar tripanosomas no sangue. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. S. Paulo 4(6):407-8, 1962
With R. Milder. A process of reproduction of Trypanosoma conorhini different from binary or multiple fission. J. Protozool. 13(4):553-9, 1966 |
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