The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria

by Randall M. Packard

Book Overview

Malaria sickens hundreds of millions of people--and kills one to three million--each year. Despite massive efforts to eradicate the disease, it remains a major public health problem in poorer tropical regions. But malaria has not always been concentrated in tropical areas. How did other regions control malaria and why does the disease still flourish in some parts of the globe?

From Russia to Bengal to Palm Beach, Randall Packard's far-ranging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801887127
• ISBN13: 9780801887123
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher