Human Health And Diseases Ques 82
82. Who discovered Plasmodium in R.B.C of human beings ?
(a) Ronald Ross
(b) Mendel
(c) Laveran
(d) Stephens
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Answer : c
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(c) Laveran discovered Plasmodium in R.B.C of human beings and concluded that malaria is caused by Plasmodium vivax. Sir Ronal Ross (1896) was the first to observe oocytes of Plasmodium in female Anopheles.