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340 BCE
Qinghao Plant
The anti-fever properties of this plant were first described. -
Quinine
Spanish missionaries used bark from trees to treat fevers. Now known as the antimalarial drug Quinine. -
Discovery of the Malaria Parasite
Charles Louis Laverana French army surgeon was the first to notice parasites in the blood of patients. -
Differentiation of species of Malaria
Camillo Golgi firs differentiated differences between two different types of the disease. He observed that the different forms produced different numbers of new parasites. Discovered that the rupture of red blood cells coincided with bouts of fever. -
Naming of human malaria parasites
Italian investigators, Giovanni Grassi and Raimondo Filetti first introduced the names Plasmodium Vivax. -
Discovery that mosquioes transmit malarial parasites
Ronald Ross was the first to demonstrate that malarial parasites could be transmitted from infected patients to mosquitoes. -
The Panama Canal
The panama canal was made possible only by the control of malaria and yellow fever. -
The U.S Public Health Service and Malaria
Henry Rose Carter received funds from the U.S congress to control malaria. USPHS established malaria control activities around military bases to allow soldiers to train year round. -
The U.S Tennessee Valley Authority
The public health service played a vital role in the research of malaria and the disease was essentially eliminated. Mosquito breeding sites were reduced by controlling water levels. -
Chloroquine
Chloroquine was discovered by Hans Andersag, after several tries Chloroquine was finally recognised as an antimalarial drug. -
DDT
DDT was used as malaria control at the end of World War II -
CDC
CDC switched its focus from elimination to prevention