Historical Bibliography Updated: March 5, 2020

Experimental proof of the mosquito-malaria theory.

MANSON, Sir Patrick (1844 – 1922) Wikipedia

Publication Details

Brit. med. J., 2, 949-51. 1900 CE.

In a classic demonstration Manson allowed infected mosquitoes from Rome to bite a volunteer (his son) in London, who developed malaria 15 days later with tertian parasites in the blood, and who was cured by quinine.

Browse Tags

Microbiology & Virology

Thematic Classifications

INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Mosquito-Borne Diseases › Malaria PARASITOLOGY › Plasmodia › P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, and P. knowlesi

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#5252.2
Permanent Link	https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/7911
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	experimental-proof-of-the-mosquitomalaria-theory

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: London; Rome