title: Dr. Jacinto Convit (1913-2014).
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and Instituto de Biomedicina, Laboratorio de Bioquímica/Fundación, Jacinto Convit Caracas, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Alberto E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Paniz Mondolfi
authors.affiliation: Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Immunology and Infectious, Diseases and the Department of Global Health and Population, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Barry R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Bloom
mesh_terms: D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000266:history*; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007918:Leprosy / Q000266:history* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology; D058069:Neglected Diseases; D014687:Venezuela
chemical_list: D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D007917:Leprostatic Agents