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.
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The 1902 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for the discovery of the parasite causing malaria and the 1907 Nobel Prize for finding the parasite in human blood.
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