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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific Publishing Company,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 |
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| Notas: | Insecticide Resistance. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789814405584 9814405582 |