Pierre de Kinkelin

摘要

After graduating from France’s National Veterinary School of Alfort, Pierre de Kinkelin was recruited by the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) in 1964 to work at the Continental Hydrobiology Station in Paris.In 1968, he joined INRA’s new Fish Pathology Laboratory at Thiverval-Grignon (France) to work on viral haemorrhagic septicaemia.In the 1970s, he demonstrated the role of interferon in the antiviral responses of trout and was the ?rst to develop live vaccines of the virus by selecting attenuated strains.In the 1980s, Dr de Kinkelin isolated and identi?ed numerous pathogenic viruses infecting ?sh species.