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<\/a>Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva.
Photo by Alexandre Almeida<\/p><\/div>\n
One of the world’s greatest malaria researchers, Brazilian scientist Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva died at the age of 86 on Wednesday evening (Sep 24). He was also the founder and director of the Institute for Research on Tropical Pathologies of Rond\u00f4nia. Hildebrando had been at the ICU of the Instituto do Cora\u00e7\u00e3o Hospital, in S\u00e3o Paulo, since September 8, treating a case of pneumonia.<\/p>\n
Graduated in 1953 from the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP) as a doctor, Pereira moved to the interior of the state of Para\u00edba in order to conduct research on the epidemiology of parasitic diseases. He\u00a0 subsequently returned to USP in 1956 to teach parasitology. After being fired in 1964 by the military in power, he sought exile in France, where he worked at the Pasteur Institute, in Paris, until 1996, when he retired.<\/p>\n
Back in Brazil, the scientist joined the Center of Research on Tropical Medicine of Rond\u00f4nia, and later on founded the Institute for Research on Tropical Pathologies, connected with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), which currently gathers renowned experts and dozens of young researchers who finished their graduate programs at the Federal University of Rond\u00f4nia.<\/p>\n
Regarded as one of the most respected scholars on the world’s tropical diseases, Pereira was vice-director of Fiocruz’s Research and Reference Laboratories in Rond\u00f4nia. He was among the winners of Conrado Wessel Foundation’s award for science, considered one of the country’s most traditional prizes in the field. This year, he was awarded by the government of Rond\u00f4nia with the Order of Merit Marechal Rondon.<\/p>\n
Luiz Hildebrando Pereira was married and left five children.<\/p>\n
Aline Leal reports from Ag\u00eancia Brasil (EBC)
\nEdited by:\u00a0Davi Oliveira \/ Olga Bardawil
\nTranslated by Fabr\u00edcio Ferreira<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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