The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years

by Sonia Shah

Book Overview

In recent years, malaria has emerged as a cause c?l?bre for voguish philanthropists. Bill Gates, Bono, and Laura Bush are only a few of the personalities who have lent their names-and opened their pocketbooks-in hopes of curing the disease. Still, in a time when every emergent disease inspires waves of panic, why aren't we doing more to eradicate one of our oldest foes? And how does a parasitic disease that we've known how to prevent for more than...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374230013
• ISBN13: 9780374230012
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"