Garnham, Percy Cyril Claude

Helen J Power, Wellcome Trust Centre, London, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003580

1901–1994British protozoologist and malariologist who with Henry E. Shortt discovered the exoerythrocytic schizonts or tissue stage of mammalian malaria parasites.

Keywords: protozoology; malaria; exoerythrocytic schizonts; P. vivax; P. falciparum

 Further Reading
    book Garnham PCC (1966) Malaria Parasites and other Haemosporidia. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.
    book Garnham PCC with Duggan AJ (1988) A Catalogue of the Garnham Collection of Malaria Parasites and other Haemosporidia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    Lainson R and Killick-Kendrick R (1997) Percy Cyril Claude Garnham, CGM 1901–1994. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 43: 171–192.

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Power, Helen J(Apr 2001) Garnham, Percy Cyril Claude. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0003580]