The Making of a Tropical Disease Free

Author: Randall M. Packard
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 142140396X
Category: Medical

The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria (Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease)

Malaria sickens hundreds of millions of people-and kills one to three million-each year. Download The Making of a Tropical Disease medical books for free.
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 narrative traces the natural and social forces that help malaria spread and make it deadly. He finds that war, land development, crumbling health systems, and globalization-coupled with climate change and changes in the distribution and flow of water-create conditions in which malaria's carrier m Get The Making of a Tropical Disease our bestseller medical books.

The Making of a Tropical Disease Free

He finds that war, land development, crumbling health systems, and globalization-coupled with climate change and changes in the distribution and flow of water-create conditions in which malaria's carrier m

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