Essential Malariology

Herbert M. Gilles, David A. Warrel (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

2002 | 4th edition
Hodder Arnold (Verlag)
978-0-340-80737-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This is a concise and practical handbook that covers all aspects of malaria from a clinical perspective - its control, prevention and treatment. Additional chapters include malaria in children and pregnancy.

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This 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 additional 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.

Inhalt

Historical outline; the malaria parasites; diagnostic 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.5.2002
• Zusatzinfo: Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.)
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 244 x 189 mm
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
• ISBN-10: 0-340-80737-7 / 0340807377
• ISBN-13: 978-0-340-80737-8 / 9780340807378
• Zustand: Neuware