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Discovery of Malaria

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1897Date range
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1897

Ronald Ross20 August 1897

Hyderabad · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Discovers that malaria is spread by mosquitoes

Names involved

Ronald Ross

Provenance

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