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- Title
Malaria, mosquitoes and the legacy of Ronald Ross.
- Authors
Sinden, Robert E.
- Abstract
The article discusses the pivotal study on malaria parasites that was conducted by Ronald Ross. In order to determine whether mosquitoes transmitted malaria parasites of man, Ross examined flagellation of Plasmodium in the bloodmeal of these insects. His work had focused on various observations on insects infected by other parasites such as helminths, fungi, and gregarines. Accordingly, Ross found out that the putative malarial cells, which appeared to be very exceptional, were only detected in a single species of mosquito fed on malarial blood and they contained the characteristic pigment of the parasite of malaria.
- Subjects
PLASMODIUM; PARASITES; MALARIA; MOSQUITOES; HELMINTHS; FUNGI; GREGARINES; INSECTS; ROSS, Ronald, Sir, 1857-1932
- Publication
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2007, Vol 85, Issue 11, p894
- ISSN
0042-9686
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2471/BLT.04.020735