Who discovered that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes ?

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Who discovered that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes ? (A) Ronald Ross (B) Lancisi (C) Grnssi (D) Laveron

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Sir Ronald Ross (1897) observed first time oocytes of Plasmodium in female Anopheles through which malarial parasite is transmitted to man. He won Nobel prize for his work on malaria (1902).

Q. Who discovered that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes ?

Ronald Ross

Lancisi

Grnssi

Laveron

Sir Ronald Ross $(1897)$ observed first time oocytes of Plasmodium in female Anopheles through which malarial parasite is transmitted to man. He won Nobel prize for his work on malaria $(1902)$ .