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Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Murillo

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Colombian scientist

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Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Murillo was a Colombian immunologist, pathologist and academic who was Professor of Pathology and Immunology. 5 million people per year in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa.

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2001honorary doctorate of the University of Valladolid
1997honorary doctor of the University of Valencia
1995honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
1994Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
1994Robert Koch Prize
1988TWAS Prize for Medical Sciences

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Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Murillo was a Colombian immunologist, pathologist and academic who was Professor of Pathology and Immunology. He was behind the world's first attempt to create a synthetic vaccine against the protozoal parasite Plasmodium falciparum, the cause of severe malaria, and which is responsible for the death of ~1.5 million people per year in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa.

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Lived 1946 to 2025 · aged 78
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