Fernando Crespo León

摘要

Dr Fernando Crespo León has passed away at the age of 64. An expert on the aetiology and epidemiology of brucellosis, Fernando Crespo initiated and was the main author of a book on ovine and caprine brucellosis, entitled Brucelosis ovina y caprina, published by the OIE in 1994. This work was the ?rst complete and comprehensive monograph on brucellosis of small ruminants, which is caused by the aetiologic agent Brucella melitensis. Between 2000 and 2001, Fernando Crespo worked as Chargé de mission in the OIE Scienti?c and Technical Department and participated in a number of OIE Specialist Commissions, working groups and ad hoc groups. In 2003, he began to vigorously promote the proper use of the Spanish language in OIE publications through various projects funded by the Spanish government.