was transmitted by the bites of mosquitoes.

它也是被蚊子的叮咬所传播的
And he argued, by analogy,

他认为以此类推
that human malaria was probably transmitted by mosquitoes as well.

人类可能是由蚊子传播的疟疾
Now, this was the age of a ferocious imperial rivalry,

如今是一个帝国之间残忍的竞争时代
and Ross was the first British scientist

罗斯是发现这个重大疾病的病原体的
to discover the pathogen of a major disease,

第一位英国科学家
and he became a national icon,

他成为了一个国家的象征
the British answer to Pasteur or Koch.

是英国对巴斯德或者科赫做出的回答
He won the Nobel Prize,

他赢得了诺贝尔奖
and along with Manson became one of two decisive figures

和曼森一起成为了
in the founding of the discipline of tropical medicine.

热带医学学科的鼻祖级人物
It was quite interesting that

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