“…The MIOC began its publication in 1909, with 16 articles on varying subjects, e.g., amoeba, (29) diptera, (30,31,32) antibodies, antigens, (33) bacteria, (34) parasites, (35,36) smallpox, (37) tuberculosis. (38) The first MIOC issue also brought an article by Carlos Chagas on a new human Trypanosoma, (39) which would become a classic in the medical and biomedical literature, opening a line of research still in practice today at the IOC and that would become the predominant research topic disseminated by the MIOC. The first MIOC issue also published articles by other renowned researchers such as Adolpho Lutz (31,32,40) and Arthur Neiva.…”