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27 Jun 2009, 2:35 AM  |  Historical Development of Malaria You can hide this advertisement by registering. Anyone got any info on the historical deveopment of malaria.... or major developments towards the understanding of the disease??? n the nature of the micro organism involed in the process???any info is much appreciated  |
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Yesterday, 8:01 AM | Re: Historical Development of Malaria Quote:
18 BC The disease malaria was described by the Romans. Malaria was thought to come from swamps so the name means 'bad air' 1820 Quinine used to prevent the disease 1880 Charles Laveran a French army doctor observed the malarial parasite 1886 Golgi observed asexual reproduction in the protozoan Plasmodium and identified two species 1898 Giovanni Grassi named the Anopheles mosquito as the carrier of the malarial parasite 1897 Ronald Ross discovered that Plasmodium was the protozoan that caused the disease malaria. 1940 Chloroquinine the first synthetic anti-malarial drug was used
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