Mosquito-malaria theory
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mosquito-malaria-theory-177-18963671
title:
Mosquito-malaria theory
text:
Mosquito-malaria theory was a scientific theory developed in the latter half of the 19th century that solved the question of how malaria was transmitted. The theory proposed that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes, in opposition to the centuries-old medical dogma that malaria was due to bad air, or miasma. The first scientific idea was postulated in 1851 by Charles E. Johnson, who argued that miasma had no direct relationship with malaria. Although Johnson's hypothesis was forgotten, the arri
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Scientific theory
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito-malaria_theory
date created:
2014-04-22T12:07:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T11:31:37Z
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