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GB 0809 Ross - Ross, Col Sir Ronald (1857-1932)
15 - Copies of letters from Ross to Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran on Ross' research into the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes
Ref No
GB 0809 Ross/15/04
Level
Item
Title
Letter
Date
18/7/1898
Description
He is glad that Laveran received his specimens but, as he has been working on kala-azar, he has been unable to prepare any more. Describes his discovery of 'germinal rods' in the salivary gland of the mosquito and his infection of previously healthy birds with proteosoma by the bite of an infected mosquito.
AccessStatus
Open
Language
English
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