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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 104, Num. 2, 2009, pp. 127-127
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 104, No. 2, March, 2009, pp. 127
Foreword
Elisa
Cupolillo
Code Number: oc09021
The present issue
of Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz is entirely devoted to Toxoplasma
gondii and toxoplasmosis studies as part of the celebration of the centennial
anniversary of the first discovery of the parasite in 1908 almost concomitantly
in Brazil and Tunis, followed by its definitive nomination as T. gondii
in 1909.
The issue was organized
after the meeting "Toxoplasma Centennial Congress from Discovery to Public
Health Management", held in September of 2008 at the city of Buzios, state of
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting provided a unique opportunity to up-to-date
presentations and debates congregating four generation of distinguished researchers
from different countries of all over the world. More than 450 delegates from
25 countries including Brazil presented 270 scientific abstracts. The meeting
was hosted by Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro and supported
by Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, the Brazilian and French Societies of Parasitology,
the Brazilian Society of Protozoology, Neonatal Screening, Colégio Brasileiro
de Medicina Veterinária, FAPERJ, CNPq, CAPES, PETROBRAS, Banco Itaú,
Abbott, Anilabsystems, Biomérieux, Diasorin, Jeol, LDbio Diagnostics
and Roche. We consider that it was very successful and for this reason we wish
to thank the participants for their efforts and to our colleagues who took part
in Conferences, Round Tables and the Committees. The Toxoplasma Centennial
Congress also nominated the first edition of the medal Splendore-Nicolle to
seven outstanding scientists who have devoted most of their professional lives
to Toxoplasma and toxoplasmosis and contributed to major advances in
its diagnosis, prevention and treatment. They are in alphabetical order: Elmer
Pfefferkorn (USA), Georges Desmonts (France), Jack Frenkel (Germany-USA), Jack
S. Remington (USA), Jitender P Dubey (India-USA), Mario Endzfeld Camargo (Brazil)
and Pierre Ambroise-Thomas (France).
This excellent
issue of Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz includes several articles
written by 166 scientists from 16 countries from Europe, North and South Americas
and Australia. The papers are representing an enormous breadth of research ranging
from basic cell biology, proteomics and genome projects to studies on clinical
management, public health control through screening programs and environmental
control.
The issue brings
also, on its electronic version, the original papers of Splendore and the Nicolle
and Manceaux, in their original languages (Italian and French) and also the
translated to English version.
We believe that
the papers and reviews published in the present issue give an overview of the
richness and diversity of presentations and discussions that occurred during
the meeting, reflect the state-of-the-art of investigations involving toxoplasmosis
around the world, and will be able to contribute significantly to the advance
of knowledge in this field.
It is an honor
to Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo to publish the articles included
in this special issue.
Elisa
Cupolillo
Associated Editor
Lílian
MG Bahia-Oliveira
Marie-Laure Dardé
Invited Editors for this issue
Copyright 2009 - Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz
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