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The making of a tropical disease : a short history of malaria / Randall M. Packard

By: Packard, Randall M, 1945- [author].
Series: Johns Hopkins biographies of disease: Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2021Edition: Second edition.Description: xviii, 330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781421441795.Subject(s): Malaria -- HistoryGenre/Form: History. | Print books.
Contents:
Beginnings -- Malaria Moves North -- A Southern Disease -- Tropical Development And Malaria -- The Making Of A Vector-Borne Disease -- Malaria Dreams -- Malaria Realities -- Rolling Back Malaria -- Eradicating Malaria -- Redux
Summary: "This book is a global history of malaria that traces the natural and social forces that have shaped its spread and made it deadly, while limiting efforts to eliminate it"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Beginnings -- ch. 2 Malaria Moves North -- ch. 3 A Southern Disease -- ch. 4 Tropical Development And Malaria -- ch. 5 The Making Of A Vector-Borne Disease -- ch. 6 Malaria Dreams -- ch. 7 Malaria Realities -- ch. 8 Rolling Back Malaria -- ch. 9 Eradicating Malaria -- Redux

"This book is a global history of malaria that traces the natural and social forces that have shaped its spread and made it deadly, while limiting efforts to eliminate it"--

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