Biography
Salvador Mazza, Argentine hygienist and parasitologist (Rauch, Buenos Aires Province 06 June 1886 – Monterrey, Mexico 09 November 1946)
Son of Italian immigrants
Authored about 260 works
Confirmed the existence of Chagas disease and performed important studies about it (Chagas-Mazza disease)
Described the chagasic dacrioadenitis or Mazza-Benítez sign
With Clemente Benítez. Comprobación de La naturaleza esquizotripanósica y frecuencia de la dacrioadenitis en la Enfermedad de Chagas. Presencia de granulaciones en la forma ocular de esta enfermedad. Publ. MEPRA 31, 1937
Described the chagomes as cutaneous manifestations in Chagas disease
With Ramón S. Freire. Manifestaciones cutaneas en Enfermedad de Chagas. Chagomas de inoculación. Chagomas Metastáticos y Chagomas Hematogenos. Rev. MEPRA 46:3-38, 1940
Described Mazza secondary chagomes or lipochagomes
Described schizotrypanids, cutaneous eruptions in Chagas disease
Esquizotripanides. Manifestaciones eruptivas agudas en la enfermedad de Chagas (exantemas y roseolas). Rev. MEPRA 51:3-74, 1941
Described Mazza-Jorg nodular hepatitis
With M.E. Jorg. Sobre nodulos de histiocitosis en el higado de perro inoculado con Schizotryp. cruzi de origem humano. Publ. MEPRA 15:1-24, 1934
With R. Kraus developed an anti-typhoid vaccine (1910)
DESCRIBED NEW TAXA
Fungi
Cryptococcus mitis 1930 with Stabile & Feijoo
Hormodendrum chaquense with Niño
Trichophyton saltense 1934 with Niño & Cornejo
Trichosporon humahuaquense 1934 with Niño
Protozoa
Blastocrithidia gallardoi 1937
Phytomonas jujuyense 1939
Trypanosoma balfouri 1932 with Oliva, Schurmann & Gutdeutsch
Trypanosoma dabbenei 1927 with Deautier & Steullet
Trypanosoma franchinianus 1932 with Fiora
Trypanosoma langeronianus 1932 with Fiora
Nematoda
Dipetalonema nicollei 1929
Dipetalonema tenius 1929
Dipetalonema finlayi 1932 with Fiora
Microfilaria tamborini 1927 with Franke
Hemiptera
Genus Mepraia 1940 with Jörg & Gajardo Tobar
Triatoma rosenbuschi 1936
Triatoma bruchi 1944 with Jörg
HONORS
Mazzia Khalil & Vogelsang 1932 (Nematoda)