Jacinto Convit

Specialty: Dermatology (Tropical Dermatology)

Location: Caracas, Venezuela

Tier: ELITE

H-Index: 46

Years Active: 0

Hospital Affiliations

• Instituto de Biomedicina - Founder and Director
• Universidad Central de Venezuela - Professor

Techniques Invented

• Leprosy vaccine (BCG + M. leprae combination) [Gold Standard]

Key Publications

1. "Differing Lymphokine Profiles of Functional Subsets of Human CD4 and CD8 T Cell Clones" - Science (1991) [1014 citations]
2. "On the Origin of Leprosy" - Science (2005) [493 citations]
3. "Polymorphism in tumor necrosis factor genes associated with mucocutaneous leishmaniasis." - The Journal of Experimental Medicine (1995) [455 citations]
4. "Differing lymphokine profiles of functional subsets of human CD4 and CD8 T cell clones" - Science (1991) [299 citations]
5. "Lymphocyte suppression in leprosy induced by unique M. leprae glycolipid" - Nature (1984) [227 citations]
6. "Learning from lesions: patterns of tissue inflammation in leprosy." - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1988) [198 citations]
7. "Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis: A disease due to an immunological defect of the host" - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1972) [196 citations]
8. "Determination of the cytokine profile in American cutaneous leishmaniasis using the polymerase chain reaction" - Clinical & Experimental Immunology (1993) [191 citations]
9. "The clinical and immunological spectrum of American cutaneous leishmaniasis" - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1993) [186 citations]
10. "IMMUNOTHERAPY VERSUS CHEMOTHERAPY IN LOCALISED CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS" - The Lancet (1987) [170 citations]

Knowledge Graph Relationships

Jacinto Convit is a Dermatology specialist affiliated with Instituto de Biomedicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela. Invented techniques: Leprosy vaccine (BCG + M. leprae combination). Authored 10 scholarly articles.