As per our current Database, Manuel Elkin Patarroyo is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Manuel Elkin Patarroyo is 78 years, 8 months and 10 days old. Manuel Elkin Patarroyo will celebrate 79rd birthday on a Tuesday 11th of March 2025. Below we countdown to Manuel Elkin Patarroyo upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Manuel Elkin Patarroyo |
| Occupation | Pharmacologist |
| Age | 78 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
| Born | March 11, 1946 (Colombia) |
| Birthday | March 11 |
| Town/City | Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombia |
Manuel Elkin Patarroyo’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.
Manuel Elkin Patarroyo was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Colombian pathology and immunology expert who attempted to create a synthetic vaccine for the prevention of malaria.
He earned his medical degree from the National University of Colombia and his PhD from Rockefeller University.
His vaccine was shown to be mostly ineffective in Asia and Africa, but slightly useful in preventing malaria in South America.
He grew up in Ataco, Tolima, Colombia. He later worked for a Colombian hospital system called the Hospital San Juan de Dios.
He and entomologist Raymond St. Leger both conducted preventative and/or curative research on malaria.
