Plasmodium was discovered by

Sir patric menson

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Sir Ronald Ross

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Alphonse Laveran

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Golgi and Celli

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Solution

The correct option is C Alphonse Laveran
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, a French physician, working in Algeria, discovered Plasmodium, where it was first observed in the blood of a patient who had died of malaria in 1880. Ross discovered the mosquito transmission.
So, the correct answer is option C.

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