Who discovered the protozoan parasite causing Malaria in human red blood cells? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Who discovered the protozoan parasite causing Malaria in human red blood cells?
A. Louis Pasteur
B. Ronald Ross
C. Charles Alphonse Laveran
D. Robert Koch
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
Charles Alphonse Laveran discovered the malaria parasite in 1880, winning the Nobel Prize in 1907. Sir Ronald Ross later discovered that mosquitoes transmit it.

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