Giulio Alessandrini (parasitologist)

Alessandrini was born in Montalto di Castro (Viterbo) and went to study medicine in Rome.

He studied the biology of Ancylostoma duodenale and was involved in management of the parasite among workers on the Bologna-Florence railway line from 1919 to 1932.

The same year he was recruited to help in the reclamation of the Pontine marshes and made director of the anti-malaria commission.

This group was disbanded in 1933 when Mussolini moved the anti-malaria work to the Red Cross but Alessandrini was placed in-charge of managing the region.

[2][3] Alessandrini book on parasitology of man and domestic animals first published in 1929 was a standard text for medical and veterinary students for a long time.