title: [Ronald Ross, "doctor in spite of himself" and... Nobel Laureate in medicine].
abstract: After becoming a military doctor at the behest of his father, Ronald Ross was destined to make a discovery of paramout importance, i.e., malaria transmission through mosquito bites. This landmark discovery that was the fruit of a combination of curiosity, tenacity and luck, earned him the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
authors.affiliation: Institut de médecine tropicale, Pharo, Marseille. marc.morillon@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morillon
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008288:Malaria / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D008889:Military Personnel; D057147:Mosquito Nets / Q000266:history / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009613:Nobel Prize; D010820:Physicians; D014330:Tropical Medicine / Q000266:history*