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Open Access | Review: History of the discovery of the malaria parasites and their vectors

Author(s): 
Cox FE
Reference: 
Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:5 (1 February 2010)
Contact email: 
frank.cox@lshtm.ac.uk

This article traces the main events and stresses the importance of comparative studies in that, apart from the initial discovery of parasites in the blood, every subsequent discovery has been based on studies on non-human malaria parasites and related organisms.

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