Who was awarded Nobel Prize in 1902 for discovery of oocyst of Plasmodium
Or
Who discovered oocysts in the stomch of female Anopheles
Or
Malaria is transmitted by ''Anopheles''. This was discovered by

Options

A. Golgi
B. Ronald Ross
C. Laveran
D. Shortt

Answer

B

Explanation

On 20 August 1897 Ross made his landmark discovery while dissecting the stomach tissue of anopheles mosquito fed, four days previously on a malarious patient he found the malaria parasite oocyst stage.