DISCOVERY OF THE MONTH
Discovery of Malaria Plasmodium in an Anopheles mosquito by Ronald Ross - August 20, 1897

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Malaria is caused by infection with protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Plasmodium transmitted by female Anopheles species mosquitoes. The malaria parasites begin in 1880 with the discovery of the parasites in the blood of malaria patients by Alphonse Laveran.