The Tomorrow of MalariaExplores the history of malaria from an environmental, epidemiological, and socio-economic viewpoint. This book describes the different 'schools of malaria control' that have existed, and how the arrival of DDT changed their thinking. |
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Socrates Litsios. Introduction The Tomorrow of Malaria explores the history of malaria Twith the aim of with the aim of helping the reader to understand why malaria is still a major public health problem today and why its control in the ...
Socrates Litsios. Introduction The Tomorrow of Malaria explores the history of malaria Twith the aim of with the aim of helping the reader to understand why malaria is still a major public health problem today and why its control in the ...
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... malaria , begins when the insec- ticidal powers of DDT were discovered and moves quickly into the global eradication campaign which was launched by WHO in 1955 and lasted until 1969. Much attention is given to the ... TOMORROW of MALARIA.
... malaria , begins when the insec- ticidal powers of DDT were discovered and moves quickly into the global eradication campaign which was launched by WHO in 1955 and lasted until 1969. Much attention is given to the ... TOMORROW of MALARIA.
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... , M Lewis eds ) Disease , Medicine and Empire . Routledge , London . * Z * Zulueta de J ( 1994 ) . Malaria and ecosystems : from prehistory to posteradication . Parassitologia , 36 , 1-2 , 7-15 . Index 174 THE TOMORROW OF MALARIA.
... , M Lewis eds ) Disease , Medicine and Empire . Routledge , London . * Z * Zulueta de J ( 1994 ) . Malaria and ecosystems : from prehistory to posteradication . Parassitologia , 36 , 1-2 , 7-15 . Index 174 THE TOMORROW OF MALARIA.
Contents
Foreword page | 7 |
Its fevers Treatment with cinchona bark and quinine | 26 |
Mosquito Manson Ross discovery Contribution of | 40 |
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