Laveran, lah VRAHN, Charles Louis Alphonse (1845-1922), a French physician, discovered the parasite that causes malaria. He also made other contributions to the knowledge of tropical diseases. He received the 1907 Nobel Prize in medicine.
Laveran, Charles Louis Alphonse
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