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Which doctor first linked Anopheles to cases of malaria?

May 15, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: Which doctor first found that Anopheles mosquitoes transmitted malaria? ANSWER: The first person to show conclusively that malaria could be transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes was Ronald Ross (later knighted in 1911 for his services to medicine). Working in the Presidency General Hospital in Calcutta (Sir Ronald was born in India and joined the Indian Medical Services in 1881 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Algeria, Anopheles, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, History of malaria, India, Malaria transmission, Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology, Ronald Ross

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