Luiz Marino Bechelli, Brazilian leprologist (Pirambóia, São Paulo State 25 March 1912 – Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State 16 August 2004)

Considered in the world as a great name in leprology

Authored nearly 300 publications

Proposed Bechelli-Pacheco test for studying vasomotor cutaneous reflex in leprosy

With J. Novo Pacheco. A simples picada com agulha como elemento subsidiário de diagnóstico das máculas lepróticas hipocrõmicas e acrômicas. Rev. Bras. Leprol. 11(1):57, 1943.  

Developed Rotberg-Bechelli technique for preparation of Mitsuda antigen

Tratado de Leprologia II. Etiopatogenia e Anatomia Patológica (1944)

With V. Martínez Domínguez. Disability index for leprosy patients. Bull. World Health Org. 44(5):709-13, 1971.

1961-1972 Chief, Leprosy Unit, World Health Organization  

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