Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, a French army surgeon stationed in Algeria, identifies the cause of malaria – parasites. In 1897, Ronald Ross, a British officer in the Indian Medical Service, determines that the malaria parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes. Both Leveran and Ross later receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
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Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, a French army surgeon stationed in Algeria, identifies the cause of malaria – parasites. In 1897, Ronald Ross, a British officer in the Indian Medical Service, determines that the malaria parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes. Both Leveran and Ross later receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, a French army surgeon stationed in Algeria, identifies the cause of malaria – parasites. In 1897, Ronald Ross, a British officer in the Indian Medical Service, determines that the malaria parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes. Both Leveran and Ross later receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine.