Washington Luiz Tafuri, Brazilian histopathologist (Desterro do Melo, Minas Gerais State 04 December 1926 - Desterro do Melo, Minas Gerais State 30 March 2013)
Authored over 200 scientific works and 12 book chapters
With H. Menezes, E.O. da Rocha e Silva, J. Ferreira Fernandes & J.Romeu Cançado developed a preventive vaccine for Chagas disease (1972)
IDENTIFIED NEW STRUCTURES
Elemental neurosecretory granules of intraganglionar nerve fibers from Auerbach myenteric plexus
With H. Hager. Elektronenoptischer Nachweis sog neurosekretorischer Elementar-granula in warklosen Nervenfasern des Plexus myentericus (Auerbach) des Meerschwein chens. Naturwissenschaften 45:332-3, 1959
With J.R. Cunha Melo & L. Freire-Maia. Ultrastructure and possible function of an atrial paraganglion not directly related to atrial ganglion in the albino mouse. J. Neur. Transm. 44(4):333-8, 1979
DEVELOPED METHODS
A delamination technique of intestinal layers for small size animals
With P.M.M. Guedes, V.M. Veloso, L.M.C. Galvão, C.M. Carneiro, M. Lama, E.Chiari, K.A. Soares & M.T. Bahia. The dog as model for chemotherapy of the Chagas disease. Acta Tropica 84:9-17, 2002
With R.L. Santos, R.M.E. Arantes, R. Gonçalves, M.N. Melo & M.S.M. Michalick. An alternative immunohistochemical method for detecting Leishmania amastigotes in paraffin-embedded canine tissues. J. Immunol. Methods 292(1-2):17-23, 2004