Today is #worldmosquitoday, marking the discovery that female anopheles mosquitoes act as vectors for malaria by Ronald Ross in 1897! The LSHTM archives service hold the Ross collection which includes the notebook in which he made the connection!
@lshtmalumni.bsky.socialThis #WorldMosquitoDay learn all about the mosquitoes that LSHTM researchers work with everyday.
#malaria #mosquitoes #tropicaldiseaaes
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
lshtm.ac.uk
Meet the mosquitoes helping scientists tackle malaria | LSHTM
At the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), researchers work with mosquito colonies originating from across Africa, Asia and beyond, some of which have been maintained for