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 Laveran won a Nobel Prize in 1907
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| Born | June 18, 1845 |
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| Died | May 18, 1922 |
| Nationality | French |
| Fields | physician |
| Known for | trypanosomes |
| Notable awards |  1907 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine |
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (June 18, 1845 – May 18, 1922) (sometimes spelled Alfons or Alfonse) was a French physician.
In 1880, while working in the military hospital in Constantine, Algeria, he discovered that the cause of malaria is a protozoan, the first time that protozoa were shown to be a cause of disease. In 1901 he described the trypanosomes of the mal de calderas. For this work and later discoveries of protozoan diseases he was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Alphonse Laveran is interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.
References
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- Garrec, Martine-Franzin, “[Alphonse Laveran, a life dedicated to the discovery of malaria”, Soins; la revue de référence infirmière (no. 677): 31, PMID:12929603, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12929603>
- Nye, Edwin R (2002), “Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922): discoverer of the malarial parasite and Nobel laureate, 1907.”, Journal of medical biography 10 (2): 81-7, 2002 May, PMID:11956550, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11956550>
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- “[Dedication of the "Medical Inspector Alphonse Laveran" year, 1994”, Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique (1990) 88 (4): 211-2, 1995, 1995 Mar, PMID:8640088, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8640088>
- Nicolle, P, “[Alphonse Laveran and Charles Nicolle”, Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Tunis 58 (3): 265-79, PMID:7032436, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7032436>
- Beltrán, E (1981), “[Commemoration of the discovery of the pathogenic germs of malaria. I. Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922). His 1880 discovery”, Gaceta médica de México 117 (5): 195-201, 1981 May, PMID:7030857, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7030857>
- Lévy, A (1981), “[Alphonse Laveran, originator of the concept of coronaro-myocardial pathology”, La Nouvelle presse médicale 10 (13): 1015, 1981 Mar 21, PMID:7012788, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7012788>
- Mollaret, P (1980), “[Discovery, by Alphonse Laveran, of the malaria agent. Constantine, 6 November 1880”, La Nouvelle presse médicale 9 (41): 3055-63, 1980 Nov 1, PMID:7003531, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7003531>
- Nosny, P (1980), “[Alphonse Laveran and the discovery of the malarial parasite”, Bull. Acad. Natl. Med. 164 (1): 80-7, 1980 Jan, PMID:7004578, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7004578>
- “[Alfonso Laveran (1845-1922)”, Boletín chileno de parasitología 22 (1): 42-3, PMID:4877175, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4877175>
- Garnham, P C (1967), “Presidential address: reflections on Laveran, Marchiafava, Golgi, Koch and Danilewsky after sixty years.”, Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 61 (6): 753-64, 1967, PMID:4865951, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4865951>
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