El Dr. Guillermo Contreras Da Silva, una figura señera en la microbiología y la salud pública chilena

The influence of the work of Dr. Guillermo Contreras Da Silva and his colaborators on the evolution of microbiology in Chile is briefly analyzed. Dr. Contreras was trained in modern virology at Yale University with Dr. J. Melnick under the sponsorhip of the Rockefeller Foundation. During this traini...

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Autor principal:	Cabello,Felipe C
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2008
Materias:	History modern 20th Century Poliovirus vaccines Virology
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720080002000172008-07-28El Dr. Guillermo Contreras Da Silva, una figura señera en la microbiología y la salud pública chilenaCabello,Felipe C History modern 20th Century Poliovirus vaccines Virology The influence of the work of Dr. Guillermo Contreras Da Silva and his colaborators on the evolution of microbiology in Chile is briefly analyzed. Dr. Contreras was trained in modern virology at Yale University with Dr. J. Melnick under the sponsorhip of the Rockefeller Foundation. During this training, he used serological methods to classify Cocksakie viruses. After his return to Chile, he studied the epidemiology of enteroviruses, including poliovirus. His laboratory, the country's first in modern virology, took an active role in Chile's first Sabin polio vaccination in 1961. Dr. Contreras and his group transformed the teaching and the character of microbiology in Chile from a descriptive medically oriented discipline into an autonomous, quantitative and experimental science. They modernized microbiology with the introduction of molecular biology and microbial genetics and fostered collaborations with allied biological sciences. Dr. Contreras was a Guggenheim Fellow, and until his retirement, was the Chief of the Viral Products Division, Bureau of Biologies, Ottawa, Canadainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.136 n.2 20082008-02-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872008000200017es10.4067/S0034-98872008000200017
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description	The influence of the work of Dr. Guillermo Contreras Da Silva and his colaborators on the evolution of microbiology in Chile is briefly analyzed. Dr. Contreras was trained in modern virology at Yale University with Dr. J. Melnick under the sponsorhip of the Rockefeller Foundation. During this training, he used serological methods to classify Cocksakie viruses. After his return to Chile, he studied the epidemiology of enteroviruses, including poliovirus. His laboratory, the country's first in modern virology, took an active role in Chile's first Sabin polio vaccination in 1961. Dr. Contreras and his group transformed the teaching and the character of microbiology in Chile from a descriptive medically oriented discipline into an autonomous, quantitative and experimental science. They modernized microbiology with the introduction of molecular biology and microbial genetics and fostered collaborations with allied biological sciences. Dr. Contreras was a Guggenheim Fellow, and until his retirement, was the Chief of the Viral Products Division, Bureau of Biologies, Ottawa, Canada
author	Cabello,Felipe C
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title	El Dr. Guillermo Contreras Da Silva, una figura señera en la microbiología y la salud pública chilena
title_short	El Dr. Guillermo Contreras Da Silva, una figura señera en la microbiología y la salud pública chilena
title_full	El Dr. Guillermo Contreras Da Silva, una figura señera en la microbiología y la salud pública chilena
title_fullStr	El Dr. Guillermo Contreras Da Silva, una figura señera en la microbiología y la salud pública chilena
title_full_unstemmed	El Dr. Guillermo Contreras Da Silva, una figura señera en la microbiología y la salud pública chilena
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publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
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El Dr. Guillermo Contreras Da Silva, una figura señera en la microbiología y la salud pública chilena

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