title: José Borges Sales (1911-2006).
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Department of Clinical Medicine and Pathology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil. aqsousa@gmail.com
authors.forename: Anastácio de Queiroz
authors.initials: Ade Q
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: Dalgimar Beserra de
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Menezes
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000266:history*