Essential Malariology, 4Ed

David A. Warrell, Herbert M Gilles (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2002 | 4th edition
Hodder Arnold (Verlag)
978-0-340-74064-4 (ISBN)

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This text covers all aspects of malaria from a clinical perspective and addreses such issues as control and prevention as well as treatment, from a practical point of view. Relevant aspects of parasitology and immunology are covered and the book includes a new chapter on malaria in pregnancy.

Essential Malariology, Fourth Edition is a concise and practical handbook that covers all aspects of malaria from a clinical perspective - its control, prevention and treatment. This edition has been thoroughly updated and contains brand new chapters on malaria in children, malaria in pregnancy, and vaccines. Incorporated throughout are the latest research into, and understanding of, molecular biology, and the latest diagnostic techniques. In addition, new colour plates and figures are included to complement the text.

David A Warrell - Director, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. Herbert M Gilles - Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.

Historial outline
The malaria parasites
Diagnostic methods in malaria
The Anopheles vector
The epidemiology of malaria
Rationale and technique of malaria control
Clinical features of malaria
Clinical features of malaria in children
Clinical features of falciparum malaria in pregnancy
Pathology and pathophysiology of human malaria
Immunology of malaria
Treatment and prevention of malaria
Malaria vaccines

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.5.2002
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	830 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
ISBN-10	0-340-74064-7 / 0340740647
ISBN-13	978-0-340-74064-4 / 9780340740644
Zustand	Neuware