Academic Press, 2015. — 486 p. — ISBN: 0128002468; ISBN13: 9780128002469. Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue focuses on the knowledge, technology, regulation and ethics of using genetically modified mosquitoes to interrupt the transmission of important vector-borne diseases including Malaria. It contains coverage of the current state of knowledge of vector-borne diseases and...
Springer, 2009. — 241 p. — ISBN: 9048133572; ISBN13: 9789048133574. Malaria is one of the most widespread and devastating infectious diseases in the world. More than half the world population residing in over 100 countries is at risk of infection from this vector-borne disease. An estimated 250-500 million cases occur each year, resulting in nearly one million deaths, the...
National Academies Press, 2003. — 180 p. — ISBN: 0309086159; ISBN13: 9780309086158. Admittedly, the world and the nature of forced migration have changed a great deal over the last two decades. The relevance of data accumulated during that time period can now be called into question. The roundtable and the Program on Forced Migration at the Mailman School of Public Health of...
CRC Press, 2006. — 174 p. — ISBN: 1587060965; ISBN13: 9781587060960. Despite a century of research and attempts to control one of the deadliest foes of mankind, the malaria situation remains a major public health problem. Obviously biological explanations (the resistance of parasites and mosquitoes against available drugs and insecticides respectively) are often given, but they...
University Alabama Press, 2012. — 304 p. — ISBN: 0817317600; ISBN13: 9780817317607. 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 problem in the...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. — 234 p. — ISBN: 0470659661; ISBN13: 9780470659663. Diseases transmitted by insects continue to have a major impact on human populations. Malaria, dengue, onchocerciasis, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis all adversely affect man. Malaria is one of the most important causes of child mortality and reduces economic development in many countries, with...
University of Chicago Press, 2007. — 384 p. — ISBN: 0226779351; ISBN13: 9780226779355. A novel inquiry into the sociopolitical dimensions of public medicine, Healing the Land and the Nation traces the relationships between disease, hygiene, politics, geography, and nationalism in British Mandatory Palestine between the world wars. Taking up the case of malaria control in...
Nova Science Publishers, Inc, 2007. — 186 p. — ISBN: 978-1-60692-600-0. This book focuses on "malaria", specifically covering the overview of malarial research in Southeast Asia, the area with a high prevalence of this disease. Clinical aspects, scientific laboratory aspects, public health aspects, as well as the social sciences relating to this important tropical disease...
World Bank Publications, 2005. — 210 p. — ISBN: 0821361996; ISBN13: 9780821361993. Malaria afflicts millions in low- and middle-income countries. For centuries, it has impaired economic growth, child development, learning, health, and productivity on a large scale. In 1998 the Bank cofounded, with WHO, UNICEF, and UNDP, the global Roll Back Malaria Partnership to coordinate and...
World Health Organization, 2005. — 244 p. — ISBN: 924159389X. Effective malaria control programmes prevent malaria transmission by promoting personal protection measures and effective vector control strategies, and providing appropriate case management with early diagnosis and effective treatment. However, malaria control in complex emergency situations is often difficult...
Учебно-методическое пособие. — Минск: БГМУ, 2010. — 32 с. Описываются факторы, механизм развития и проявления эпидемического процесса малярии. Рассматриваются структура эпидемиологического надзора за малярией, основные направления профилактики и противоэпидемические мероприятия. Предназначено для студентов 5–6-го курсов медико-профилактического факультета. История изучения...
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