Malaria's Role in the Revolutionary War
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During the Revolutionary War, malaria was considered endemic in colonies with significant water sources and areas where soldiers often camped because

  • The water sources attracted mosquito vectors (correct)
  • The soldiers were not properly equipped to prevent malaria
  • The soldiers did not receive proper training
  • The colonies lacked proper medical facilities
  • What was the impact of malaria on the British soldiers during the Revolutionary War?

  • They were able to continue fighting despite the disease
  • Almost all of them contracted malaria (correct)
  • They were immune to malaria
  • They received proper treatment for malaria
  • Who is credited with first describing malaria?

  • A French army doctor
  • General Charles Cornwallis
  • Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (correct)
  • A British army doctor
  • What recognition did Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran receive for his work on malaria?

    <p>Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What have physicians and scientists made great strides toward understanding?

    <p>Diseases caused by members of the genera Plasmodium</p> Signup and view all the answers

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