Malaria : obstacles and opportunities : a report of the Committee for the Study on Malaria Prevention and Control: Status Review and Alternative Strategies, Division of International Health, Institute of Medicine / Stanley C. Oaks, Jr. [and others], editors.

By:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee for the Study on Malaria Prevention and Control: Status Review and Alternative Strategies

Contributor(s):

Oaks, S. C

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 309 pages) : illustrations, map, chartsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0585028869
9780585028866
1280203684
9781280203688
9786610203680
6610203687
0309543894
9780309543897

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Malaria.DDC classification:

614.5/32 20

LOC classification:

RA644.M2 I56 1991eb

NLM classification:

WC 765 I59m

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Contents:

Conclusions and recommendations -- Background -- Overview -- Clinical medicine and the disease process -- Diagnostic tests -- Parasite biology -- Vector biology, ecology, and control -- Drug discovery and development -- Vaccines -- Epidemiologic approaches to malaria control -- Economics of malaria control -- Social and behavioral aspects of malaria.

Summary: Malaria is making a dramatic comeback in the world. The disease is the foremost health challenge in Africa south of the Sahara, and people traveling to malarious areas are at increased risk of malaria-related sickness and death. This book examines the prospects for bringing malaria under control, with specific recommendations for U.S. policy, directions for research and program funding, and appropriate roles for federal and international agencies and the medical and public health communities. The volume reports on the current status of malaria research, prevention, and control efforts worldwide. The authors present study results and commentary on the: Nature, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and epidemiology of malaria ; Biology of the malaria parasite and its vector ; Prospects for developing malaria vaccines and improved treatments ; and, Economic, social, and behavioral factors in malaria control.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Malaria is making a dramatic comeback in the world. The disease is the foremost health challenge in Africa south of the Sahara, and people traveling to malarious areas are at increased risk of malaria-related sickness and death. This book examines the prospects for bringing malaria under control, with specific recommendations for U.S. policy, directions for research and program funding, and appropriate roles for federal and international agencies and the medical and public health communities. The volume reports on the current status of malaria research, prevention, and control efforts worldwide. The authors present study results and commentary on the: Nature, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and epidemiology of malaria ; Biology of the malaria parasite and its vector ; Prospects for developing malaria vaccines and improved treatments ; and, Economic, social, and behavioral factors in malaria control.