Medicine Games: Malaria - Mosquito

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Subject:

Science and Technology

Institution Name:

Nobel Foundation

Collection:

Nobelprize.org

Grade Level:

Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract:

Play a game and find out about a Nobel Prize awarded discovery or work! Malaria is one of the world's most common diseases, caused by a parasite that is transmitted to humans by a female mosquito's bite. The discovery of this parasite in mosquitoes earned the British scientist Ronald Ross the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902. In 1907, Alphonse Laveran received the prize for his findings that the parasite was present in human blood. Take control of a mosquito and try to find a human to bite and draw blood from.

Course Type:

Learning Module

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Games, Readings, Simulations

Media Format:

Graphics/Photos, Other, Text/HTML

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