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Ronald Ross

Tropical Medicine · Tropical Medicine

London, India

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GLNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1902)0

Overview

Ronald Ross is a tropical medicine specialist at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Based in London.

Biography

Ronald Ross was a British physician born in India who proved that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, one of the most important discoveries in medical history. Nobel Prize 1902.

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The life and contributions of Ronald Ross

1897

Proved mosquito transmission of malaria

Demonstrated the complete life cycle of the malaria parasite in Anopheles mosquitoes

1902

Nobel Prize

For his work on malaria transmission

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