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HISTORY OF THE E.I. MARTSINOVSKY INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY AND TROPICAL MEDICINE: RESEARCH ON MALARIA AND LEISHMANIASIS
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História do Instituto E.I. Martsinovsky de Parasitologia Médica e Medicina Tropical: pesquisa sobre malária e leishmanioseAffilliation
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. Tropical and Vector-born Diseases. Moscow, Russia.
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. Tropical and Vector-born Diseases. Moscow, Russia.
Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research. Müncheberg, Brandenburg, Germany.
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. Tropical and Vector-born Diseases. Moscow, Russia.
Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research. Müncheberg, Brandenburg, Germany.
Abstract in Portuguese
O artigo analisa a história centenária do Instituto Martsinovsky de Parasitologia Médica e Medicina Tropical em Moscou, Rússia, desde sua fundação e primeiras atividades, e descreve a influência de seus principais cientistas, alguns dos quais viriam a conquistar renome internacional. O instituto liderou uma rede de nove institutos tropicais em diversas repúblicas soviéticas entre as décadas de 1920 e 1990. A vasta literatura sobre o trabalho de história e pesquisa desse instituto foi publicada sobretudo em russo; nosso objetivo aqui é apresentar esse trabalho e conhecimento à comunidade médica e científica internacional, concentrando-se na malária e na leishmaniose e no avanço de medidas de controle e monitoramento dessas doenças na URSS.
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This review presents the 100-year history of the Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine in Moscow, Russia, starting with its foundation and early activities, and also describes the impact of its leading scientists, some of whom became internationally known. The institute headed a network of nine tropical institutes in the various Soviet republics from the 1920s to 1990. The extensive body of literature on the history and research accomplishments of this institute has mainly been published in Russian; our goal here is to introduce these achievements and this expertise to the international scientific and medical community, focusing on malaria and leishmaniasis and the development of measures to control and monitor these diseases in the USSR.
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