Background
Barco, Jorge Antonio Guisantes-Del was born on January 22, 1943 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Son of Ovidio Guisantes-Ferrer and Marina (Del Barco) Guisantes.
consultant parasitology educator
Barco, Jorge Antonio Guisantes-Del was born on January 22, 1943 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Son of Ovidio Guisantes-Ferrer and Marina (Del Barco) Guisantes.
Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Montevideo, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Medicine, Pamplona, Spain, 1979. Medical special in microbiology/parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Zaragoza, Spain, 1982.
Associate researcher laboratory of parasite immunology, U. Hospital, Montevideo, 1973-1974;
associate researcher Latinoam. Center Perinatology and Human Development, PAHO/World Health Organization, Montevideo, 1973-1974;
consultant University Clinic, U. Navarra, Pamplona, 1977-1990;
associate professor Faculty of Medicine, U. Navarra, Pamplona, 1979-1990;
professor microbiology, U. Basque Country, Vitoria, Spain, 1990-1991;
professor parasitology, U. Basque Country, Vitoria, Spain, since 1991. Member Committee for Prevention and Control of Human Hydatid Disease in Navarra, Pamplona, 1986-1990.
Short-term consultant Deutsche Gesellschaft fürTechnische Zusammenarbeit, Tacuarembó, Uruguay, 1993, 94, 95.
Member International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, Spanish Society Microbiology, Spanish Association for Hidatidology (foundation member, International prize 1983), Spanish Association Parasitologists.
Married Aura Pintos, December 14, 1971. Children: Eva, Isabel, Jorge-Rafael, Marina.