Vet Ital. 2012 Jan-Mar;48(1):113-4.
Adriano Mantovani was born in 1926 in Altedo, Malalbergo (Bologna). After graduating in veterinary medicine from Bologna University in 1948, he gained his Masters in public health from the University of Minnesota in 1952 and qualified to lecture in microbiology and immunology in 1957 and in parasitology in 1963. He held numerous positions over the years: Assistant, Aide and Vice-Director of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale di Teramo(1949-1962), Researcher at the Faculty of Medicine in Rome (1962-1965), Professor of Infectious Diseases, Prophylaxis and Veterinary Police Work at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Bologna, Director of the Institute of the same name (1965-1982) and Research Manager and Director of the Parasitology Laboratory at the Italian National Institute of Health and the WHO/FAO Collaboration Centre for Veterinary Public Health in Rome (1983-1991). He was active in numerous national and international organisations, including as a member of the National Health Council (1974-1982), Secretary of the World Federation of Parasitologists (1971-1987) and from 1972 President, Vice President or presenter in various WHO, FAO and OIE working groups. He worked in numerous countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America as an expert, presenter and lecturer. From 1978, the year in which the Mediterranean Zoonoses Control Plan was established, he was one of the major collaborators of the WHO Mediterranean Zoonoses Control Centre in Athens (MZCC). In 1989, he was the first Italian to be awarded the OIE's international award for contributions to veterinary public health and in 2001 was publicly recognised by the MZCC for his many years of activities carried out to support the zoonoses control plan and promote well-being in the Mediterranean. He had been a member of the Italian National Guard's Commission for Predicting and Preventing Great Risks since 1994. In 2002, he was presented with the Italian Parasitology Society's Battista Grassi medal. He covered leading roles in the executive boards of various Italian and international scientific associations, including the Italian Small Animal Veterinary Association, the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, the Italian Society of Tropical Medicine, the Italian Society of Parasitology, the World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine and the World Small Animal Veterinary Association. Professor Mantovani's principal areas of activity were in veterinary public health, above all the epidemiology and control of zoonoses and animal diseases, veterinary urban hygiene, health education and veterinary actions in emergency situations. His interests were not limited to transmissible diseases but included all problems connected with the relationship between humans, animals and the environment in both urban and rural areas, especially disadvantaged areas. He was particularly involved in the development and organisation of public veterinary services, the social and economic aspects of health and animal production and prevention and control activities. He was a committed advocate of the overriding importance of One Medicine and inter- and intra-professional cooperation. He authored over 250 publications.
阿德里亚诺·曼托瓦尼1926年出生于博洛尼亚省马拉尔贝戈市的阿尔泰多。1948年从博洛尼亚大学兽医学专业毕业后，1952年在美国明尼苏达大学获得公共卫生硕士学位，并于1957年取得微生物学与免疫学授课资格，1963年取得寄生虫学授课资格。多年来他担任过众多职位：泰拉莫实验动物卫生研究所助理、助手及副主任（1949 - 1962年），罗马医学院研究员（1962 - 1965年），博洛尼亚兽医学院传染病、预防及兽医警务工作教授，同名研究所所长（1965 - 1982年），以及意大利国家卫生研究院寄生虫学实验室研究经理兼主任，同时也是罗马世卫组织/粮农组织兽医公共卫生合作中心主任（1983 - 1991年）。他活跃于众多国家和国际组织，包括担任国家卫生委员会成员（1974 - 1982年），世界寄生虫学家联合会秘书（1971 - 1987年），并自1972年起在多个世卫组织、粮农组织和世界动物卫生组织工作组中担任主席、副主席或主持人。他作为专家、主持人和讲师在非洲、亚洲、欧洲、拉丁美洲和北美洲的众多国家工作过。从1978年地中海人畜共患病控制计划设立之年起，他就是雅典世卫组织地中海人畜共患病控制中心（MZCC）的主要合作者之一。1989年，他成为首位获得世界动物卫生组织颁发的兽医公共卫生贡献国际奖的意大利人，2001年，MZCC公开表彰他多年来为支持人畜共患病控制计划及促进地中海地区福祉所开展的活动。自1994年起，他一直是意大利国民警卫队重大风险预测与预防委员会成员。2002年，他荣获意大利寄生虫学会的巴蒂斯塔·格拉西奖章。他在多个意大利和国际科学协会的执行委员会中担任领导职务，包括意大利小动物兽医协会、世界兽医寄生虫学促进会、意大利热带医学协会、意大利寄生虫学会、世界兽医医学史协会和世界小动物兽医协会。曼托瓦尼教授的主要活动领域是兽医公共卫生，尤其是人畜共患病和动物疾病的流行病学及控制、兽医城市卫生、健康教育以及紧急情况下的兽医行动。他的兴趣不仅限于传染病，还包括城乡地区，尤其是贫困地区中与人类、动物和环境关系相关的所有问题。他特别参与公共兽医服务的发展与组织、健康和动物生产的社会经济方面以及预防和控制活动。他坚定倡导“同一医学”的至关重要性以及跨专业和专业内合作。他撰写了250多篇出版物。
