| Date | 1898 |
| Author | Ross |
| Contribution | Reported (per Manson) transmission of bird malaria from mosquito to bird and bird to mosquito. |
| Reference | Foster |
| Notes | Ronald Ross. A landmark in the discovery of disease transmission by arthropod vector. Organism was Protesoma, a hemoflagellate later namedPlasmodium. There is an extensive literature on the discovery of the transmission of Plasmodium, Proteosoma, Halteridium. |
| Category | Miscellany |
| Pathogen Class | Protozoa |
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