* April 25 *

* World Malaria Day *

Malaria is considered a deadly disease in underdeveloped countries. Charles Laveran, a French military officer based in Algeria, discovered the cause of the disease.

He found that certain colored spots on the spleen of malaria patients were also seen in the blood cells of the patients. He noticed the growth of these spots and the accompanying malaria fever.

In 1880, he showed that some unicellular organisms were causing malaria. It is a parasite of the unicellular...