US Army malaria drug production. Cinchona seedling hothouse being used by the US Army as part of the process of producing the anti-malaria drug quinin
US Army malaria drug production. Cinchona seedling hothouse being used by the US Army as part of the process of producing the anti-malaria drug quinine. Brigadier General James S. Simmons and Colonel Arthur Fischer are visiting the hothouse. The seedlings are to be shipped to South America for production of quinine. Malaria is a disease presenting as severe cyclic fevers. These are caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite, which is transmitted into the bloodstream by mosquito bites. Photographed on 23 November 1943, near Washington DC, USA.
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