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 /

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, wi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee for the Study on Malaria Prevention and Control: Status Review and Alternative Strategies
Otros Autores: Oaks, S. C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.
Temas:
Malaria.
Malaria > Prevention.
Malaria > Research.
Medical policy.
Health Policy
Malaria > prevention & control
Malaria
Paludisme.
Paludisme > Prévention.
Paludisme > Recherche.
Politique sanitaire.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Politique sanitaire > États Unis d'Amérique.
Paludisme > prévention et contrôle.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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