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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
