Jean-Antoine Rioux

Jean-Antoine Rioux (1925-2017) was a French parasitologist, mainly a specialist of leishmaniasis. He was a professor at the University of Montpellier, France, and one of the founders of the Société Française de Parasitologie in 1962.[1]

Jean-Antoine Rioux
Jean-Antoine Rioux
Born1925
Naucelle, France
Died2017
France
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Montpellier
Scientific career
FieldsParasitology, Entomology
InstitutionsUniversity of Montpellier

Scientific career
Professor Jean-Antoine Rioux in the field in Tunisia in 1970

Jean-Antoine Rioux worked on several parasitological diseases, including malaria, plague, schistosomiasis, and leishmaniasis. He led teams in the field in France (Camargue, Languedoc, Roussillon, Cévennes, Corsica), and various countries including Iran, Chad, Tunisia, and Morocco.[1]

Jean-Antoine Rioux was also a botanist and the Director of the jardin des plantes de Montpellier,[1] a historic botanical garden and arboretum located in Montpellier, France.

Taxa named in his honour
Pseudorhabdosynochus riouxi, a Monogenean named in the honour of Jean-Antoine Rioux

Many taxa were named in the honour of Jean-Antoine Rioux by his colleagues. The list of species includes: Adelina riouxi Levine, 1977 (Coccidia, Adeleidae), Amphinomia riouxii Quézel, 1959 (Rosales, Leguminosae), Culicoides riouxi Callot & Krémer, 1961 (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae), Empidomermis riouxi Doucet, Laumont & Bain, 1979 (Nematoda, Mermithidae), Hystrichopsylla talpae riouxi Beaucournu & Rosin, 1977 (Siphonaptera, Hystrichopsyllidae), Longicollum riouxi Golvan, 1969 (Acanthocephala, Pomphorhynchidae), Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) riouxi Depaquit, Léger & Killick-Kendrick, 1998 (Diptera, Psychodidae), Pseudorhabdosynochus riouxi (Oliver, 1986) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986 (Monogenea, Diplectanidae). The genus Riouxgolvania Bain & Brunhes, 1968 (Nematoda, Muspiceidae) honours both Jean-Antoine Rioux and Yves-Jean Golvan, two French parasitologists.[1] The subgenus Riouxomyia Depaquit, Blavier & Randrianambinintsoa, 2019 has been created for sandflies (Diptera, Phlebotominae).[2]

Selected publications

The most cited paper by Jean-Antoine Rioux is his classification of Leishmania in 1990.[3]

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References
  1. Houin, René; Léger, Nicole; Dupouy-Camet, Jean; Bastien, Patrick; Luffau, Gérard (2018). "In memoriam Professor Jean-Antoine Rioux (1925-2017)". Parasite. 25: 13. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018012. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 5849416.
  2. Blavier, Antoine; Laroche, Laetitia; Randrianambinintsoa, Fano José; Lucas, Vincent; Gantier, Jean-Charles; Léger, Nicole; Robert, Vincent; Depaquit, Jérôme (2019). "Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from the Ankarana tsingy of northern Madagascar: inventory and description of new taxa". Parasite. 26: 38. doi:10.1051/parasite/2019039. ISSN 1776-1042. PMID 31259684.
  3. Rioux, J. A.; Lanotte, G.; Serres, E.; Pratlong, F.; Bastien, P.; Perieres, J. (1990). "Taxonomy of Leishmania. Use of isoenzymes. Suggestions for a new classification". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 65 (3): 111–125. doi:10.1051/parasite/1990653111. ISSN 0003-4150.


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