This book examines the dramatic yet mostly forgotten history of malaria control in northwest Argentina. Carter traces the evolution of malaria science and policy in Argentina from the disease's emergence as a social problem in the 1890s to its effective eradication by 1950. Mala…
Enemy in the Blood: Malaria, Environment, and Development in Argentina examines the dramatic yet mostly forgotten history of malaria control in northwest Argentina. Carter traces the evolution of malaria science and policy in Argentina from the disease's emergence as a social pr…
In 2006, the Wall Street pioneer and philanthropist Ray Chambers flicked through some holiday snapshots taken by his friend, development economist Jeff Sachs, and remarked on the placid beauty of a group of sleeping Malawian children. 'They're not sleeping, ' Sachs told him. 'Th…
This book leads the reader through decades of research in epidemiology, immunology and parasitology and will fascinate all students, scientists and policy-makers in infectious disease and women's health.
Malaria in pregnancy has been a long-standing conundrum - why do women immune to the parasite after years of exposure suddenly become susceptible to infection during first pregnancies? Recent scientific breakthroughs have shed new light on interactions between the malaria parasi…
The author chronicles the history of malaria and it's effect on humankind for thousands of years, describing why science has not been able to eradicate the disease.
The author chronicles the history of malaria and it's effect on humankind for thousands of years, describing why science has not been able to eradicate the disease.
Traces the centuries-long battle to treat and prevent malaria in numerous regions of the world while revealing how hundreds of millions of people are infected annually in spite of available preventions. "In recent years, malaria has emerged as a cause celebre for voguish philan…
Traces the centuries-long battle to treat and prevent malaria in numerous regions of the world while revealing how hundreds of millions of people are infected annually in spite of available preventions. "In recent years, malaria has emerged as a cause célèbre for voguish philan…
Dr. Marina Singh, a research scientist with a pharmaceutical company, journeys into the heart of the Amazonian delta to check on a field team that has been silent for two years. It is a dangerous assignment that forces Marina to confront the ghosts of her past.
The past half-century has seen enormous changes in the demographic makeup of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In the 1950s, LAC had a small population of about 160 million people, less than today's population of Brazil. Two-thirds of Latin Americans lived in rural areas. F…
The year 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of the announcement of the genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and that of its mosquito vector Anopheles. The genome sequences were a result of the Plasmodium falciparum Genome Project. This book covers in…