- by Ronnie Moore
What is World Mosquito Day? In the year of 1897, a British doctor named, Ronald Ross found that it was the female mosquitoes (of the Anopheles genus) that were responsible for transmitting the malarial parasite. In a nutshell, his discovery ultimately led to smarter ways…
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- by Gary Finnegan
World Mosquito Day 2016! If you keep up with the news, you might be tempted to believe that the bugs are winning. The Zika virus regularly steals recent headlines. Meanwhile, dengue fever affects over 390 million people every year; malaria kills 600 million+ annually, and…
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- by breakdengue
August 20 is World Mosquito Day, a celebration of the work of British doctor Sir Ronald Ross who discovered that female mosquitoes (of the Anopheles genus) were responsible for transmitting the malarial parasite. His pioneering work is marked every year by a series of events…
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- by breakdengue
In 1897, a British doctor named Sir Ronald Ross made a game-changing discovery which ultimately led to smarter ways to prevent dengue fever – even if that wasn’t his primary intention at the time. Born in India, Ross had become fascinated by malaria, a disease…
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