Born 18 Jun 1845; died 18 May 1922 at age 76.
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Charles Louis Alphonse Lavaran was a #French #physician, #pathologist and #parasitologist who, as a French #military #surgeon in #Algeria, discovered the #parasite that causes human #malaria in the red blood cells.
He founded the medical field of #protozoology, doing important work on other protozoal #diseases, including #sleeping-sickness and #kala-azar.
For this he received the 1907 #NobelPrize for #medicine.
From 1896 he spent the rest of his life as a #researcher the #PasteurInstitute in #Paris.
In 1907, Laveran founded the Laboratory of #TropicalDiseases at the Pasteur Institute and founded the Société de Pathologie Exotique in 1908.
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