title: From miasmas to germs: malaria 1850-1879.
abstract: The history of the etiology of malaria usually starts in 1879 with Laveran's identification of the Plasmodium parasite. This article looks at the events before them that led investigators to look to germs as the cause of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Sheffield Hallam University, U.K.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Worboys
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history*