Multiple choice Directions: In which year given discovery/invention was made: Malaria Parasites 1769 1880 1882 1858 Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself B Correct answer Explanation Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran discovered the malaria parasite in 1880 while working in Algeria. He identified the Plasmodium parasite in the blood of malaria patients, for which he later received the Nobel Prize.