Magic bullets to conquer malaria : from quinine to qinghaosu /

After more than four decades of working on the frontlines in the war against malaria, author Irwin Sherman is uniquely qualified to present this chronicle of the search for medicines to conquer malaria. The book reviews the history of antimalarial medicines and it also explains the hurdles that lie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sherman, Irwin W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : ASM Press, ©2011.
Colección:Textbook, ASM Press.
Temas:
Antimalarials > History.
Malaria > Treatment > History.
Malaria > prevention & control
Antimalarials > therapeutic use
Malaria > drug therapy
Antipaludiques > Histoire.
Paludisme > Traitement > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Antimalarials
Malaria > Treatment
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From breathing bad air to biting beasts
  • Myth to medicine : quinine
  • Synthetic dyes to drugs : atabrine and chloroquine
  • Antimicrobials to antimalarials : prontosil, pyrimethamine, proguanil, and atovaquone
  • To destroy liver stages : primaquine and tafenoquine
  • Quinine to mefloquine
  • Reversal of fortune
  • Sweet wormwood of success : qinghaosu
  • Antibiotics and the apicoplast
  • A possible dream : control by blocking transmission
  • The dream of eradication
  • A reasonable dream.

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