Bibliograph

The fever, how malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years, Sonia Shah

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The fever, how malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years, Sonia Shah

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. (pages [243]-292) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The fever

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

456171468

Responsibility statement

Sonia Shah

Sub title

how malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years

Summary

Traces the centuries-long battle to treat and prevent malaria in numerous regions of the world while revealing how hundreds of millions of people are infected annually in spite of available preventions

Table Of Contents

Malaria at our doorstep -- Birth of a killer -- Swept in malaria's current -- Malarial ecologies -- Pharmacological failure -- The karma of malaria -- Scientific solutions -- The disappeared -- The spraygun war -- The secret in the mosquito

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