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Ronald Ross discovered female Anopheles to be vector of malaria while serving in
Ronald Ross discovered female Anopheles to be vector of malaria while serving in
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The correct option is B Kolkata
Sir Ronald Ross made his first major breakthrough in the study of malaria while working in Secunderabad. It was there that he raised 20 mosquitoes in 1897 and let them feed on a (paid) malaria patient’s blood. On August 20th—now commemorated as World Mosquito Day—Ross discovered the malarial parasite in the stomach of one of his mosquitoes. The next day, he confirmed that it was growing. It was in Kolkata the next year, at the Presidency General Hospital (now the SSKM Hospital), that Ross confirmed how the parasite spread. Using bird subjects to study avian malaria, he found that after developing in the stomachs of mosquitoes, the parasite would move to the salivary gland, from which it would infect new hosts.
So, the correct answer is 'Kolkata'.
Sir Ronald Ross made his first major breakthrough in the study of malaria while working in Secunderabad. It was there that he raised 20 mosquitoes in 1897 and let them feed on a (paid) malaria patient’s blood. On August 20th—now commemorated as World Mosquito Day—Ross discovered the malarial parasite in the stomach of one of his mosquitoes. The next day, he confirmed that it was growing. It was in Kolkata the next year, at the Presidency General Hospital (now the SSKM Hospital), that Ross confirmed how the parasite spread. Using bird subjects to study avian malaria, he found that after developing in the stomachs of mosquitoes, the parasite would move to the salivary gland, from which it would infect new hosts.
So, the correct answer is 'Kolkata'.
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