The making of a tropical disease : a short history of malaria / Randall M. Packard.
The making of a tropical disease : a short history of malaria / Randall M. Packard.
The making of a tropical disease : a short history of malaria / Randall M. Packard.
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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N616.362/7
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English
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xvii, 296 p. : ill. ; 230 cm.
Contents
Beginnings -- Malaria moves north -- A southern disease -- Tropical development and malaria -- The making of a vector borne disease -- Malaria dreams -- Malaria realities -- Rolling back malaria: the future of a tropical disease?
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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
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Maryland
Date Published
2007.
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"Malaria sickens hundreds of millions of people - and kills one to three million - each year. Despite massive efforts to eradicate the disease, it remains a major public health problem in poorer tropical regions. But malaria has not always been concentrated in tropical areas. How did other regions control malaria and why does the disease still flou...
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The making of a tropical disease : a short history of malaria / Randall M. Packard.
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Johns Hopkins biographies of disease.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N616.362/7
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74VMejOovylM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMejOovylM
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0801887127 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801887123 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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616.9362009
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991003137749702626
