The Global Challenge of Malaria :: Past Lessons and Future Prospects.

Malaria is one of the most important "emerging" or "resurgent" infectious diseases. According to the World Health Organization, this mosquito-borne infection is a leading cause of suffering, death, poverty, and underdevelopment in the world today. Every year 500 million people be...

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1. Verfasser: Snowden, Frank M.
Weitere Verfasser: Bucala, Richard
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2014.
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Zusammenfassung:Malaria is one of the most important "emerging" or "resurgent" infectious diseases. According to the World Health Organization, this mosquito-borne infection is a leading cause of suffering, death, poverty, and underdevelopment in the world today. Every year 500 million people become severely ill from malaria and more than a million people die, the great majority of them women and children living in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2008, it was estimated, a child would die of the disease every thirty seconds, making malaria - together with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis - a global public health emergency. Th
Beschreibung:Insecticide Resistance.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (236 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789814405584
9814405582

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