Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran busy itself particularly after its time as an army surgeon with the tropical illness malaria and their trips. In Algeria it succeeded to it to isolate and describe in the blood from disease victims the first exciters. This discovery brought it the first international fame. Later he worked with many other colleagues on the study of further pathogens, particularly on Trypanosomen. It was occupied first with the Trypanosomen in different animals such as birds, fish, turtles, Weidevieh and later also with those, which released diseases with humans like Nagana and Surra and above all the notorious sleep illness. Particularly its work over Trypanosomas gambiense led to important results.

Personal record

1845 are born Laveran on 18 June 1853 as a son of the army surgeon and professor to the de Val de Louis Laveran, and its Mrs. Marie Louise Anselme de la route at the today's boulevard pc. Michel in Paris

1863 it becomes at the school for general medicine in Strasbourg and changes 1866 to the general hospitals in the same city.

it attains a doctorate to 1867 over "„the regeneration of the nerves "“.

1870, during the French-German war, go to Laveran as a medical officer to Metz. It participates in the battles with Gravelotte and Saint private and the victory in Metz.

1874 he received the chair for military illnesses and epidemic diseases to the de Val de whom his father held before.

1878 - 1883 are sent Laveran after in Algeria, where he begins his studies to malaria.

1882 he discovers the exciters of the malaria in the blood of his patients in Algeria and presents her in Rome of the scientific public.

1884 became Laveran professor for military hygiene to the de Val de

he receives 1889 for the discovery of the exciter of the malaria the price of the Academy of Sciences.

1894 he became a prominent medical officer at the military hospital in Lille, late director for health services of the 11. Army corps in Nantes.

1896 - 1907 came Laveran to the Pasteur institute into Paris. There it researched over different pathogens, particularly over Haematozoa, Trypanosomen and other single-celled organisms.

1907 receive Alphonse Laveran the Nobelpreis for medicine "“in acknowledgment of its work over the role, the single-celled organisms as pathogen play."” Half of prize money it donated to the Pasteur institute for the development of the laboratory for tropical medicine.

1908 it creates the de Pathologie Exotique and remains for 12 years president of the combination.

1922 die Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran to 18. May.

Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran married 1885 Sophie Marie Pidancet. They did not have children.

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