Ettore Marchiafava
Italian physician and malaria researcher

Born
January 3rd, 1847
178 years ago
Died
October 22nd, 1935
89 years ago — 88 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
Italy
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Research on Plasmodium and malaria
Collaboration with Giovanni B. Grassi
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