Biography
José Francisco Torrealba Gonzalez, Venezuelan parasitologist (Santa María de Ipire, Guarico State 16 June 1896 – Caracas 24 July 1973)
Authored about 150 publications
First in the world applied xenodiagnosis method for demonstrate Chagas disease (1934)
Despistaje de la Enfermedad del Chagas por el método xenodiagnostico
Conceived a new fast method for diagnosing Chagas disease in its chronic stage
With J.V. Scorza, A. Alvarez, I. Ramos, C. Dagert & V. Díaz. Nuevo método rápido para El diagnostico de La enfermedad de Chagas en su fase cronica. Arch. Venez. Med. Trop. Parasit. Med. 3:121-35, 1959
DESCRIBED PARASITIC SPECIES
Protozoa
Klossiella tejerai 1957 with Scorza
Sarcocystis cervi 1957 with Scorza
Sarcocystis didelphis 1957 with Scorza
Trypanosoma barnolai 1955
Trypanosoma itriagoi 1954
Nematoda
Carcharolaimus acutus 1968
Peltamigratus arcuatus 1968
HONORS
Brault Award, Academie de Medicine de Paris
Member, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London
