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    Essays > Malaria (October 19, 1999 by Pat Heyman)

     

    Fun Links

    Malaria Database: The Department of Microbiology, Monash University and The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

    Global Warming: Nature’s Payback ABC News

    World Health Organization

    Centers for Disease Control

    All excerpts are taken from James Clavell's excellent book Tai-Pan.

    The Coming Plague: Emerging Disaeases in a World Out of Balance, by Laurie Garrett is an excellent book for anyone interested in healthcare, science, or international relations.


    Bibliography

    Aikawa, M., Suzuki, M., Gutierriez, Y. (1980) Pathology of malaria. In J.P. Kreier (Ed.) Malaria, Volume 2: Pathology, vector studies, and culture. (pp. 1-46). New York: Academic Press, Inc.

    Carlisle, D. (1999) Once bitten. Nursing Times92(37), 42-43.

    Chen, K.T., Chen, C.J., Chaung, P.Y., Morse, D.L. (1999) A nosocomial outbreak of malaria associated with contaminated catheters and contrast medium of a computed tomographic scanner. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 20, 22-25.

    Coatney, G. R. (1968) Simian malarias in man: Facts, implications, and predictions. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 17, 147-55.

    Clark, C. (1997) Georgian acquires malaria through locally infected mosquito. Health Letter on the CDC, 1997, April 14.

    Dunn, I.J., Palmer, P.S., (1998) Malaria. Seminars in Roentgneology 33(1), 79-80.

    Garrett, L. (1994) The coming plague: Newly emerging diseases in a world out of balance. New York:Penguin Books

    Hallowes, P. (1999) Malaria Database: The Department of Microbiology, Monash University and The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

    Krogstad, D.J. Malaria as a reemerging disease. Epidemiologic Reviews 18(1), 77-89.

    Manwell, R.D., MacDonald, G. Russell, P.F., West, L.S. (1963) Practical Malariology: Second Edition. London: Oxford University Press

    McKenzie, S.B., Laudicina, R.J. (1998) Hematologic changes associated with infection. Clinical Laboratory Science 11(4), 239-54

    Nicholas Regush (1999) The Germs Are Coming ABC News

    Viegas, J. (1999) Global Warming: Nature’s Payback ABC News

    Wernsdorfer, W.H. (1980) The importance of malaria in the world. In J.P. Kreier (Ed.) Malaria, Volume 1: Epidemiology, chemotherapy, morphology, and metabolism. (pp. 1-95). New York: Academic Press, Inc.

    World Health Organization (1996) Malaria: A manual for community health workers.

    Zucker, J. R. (1996) Changing Patterns of Autochthonous Malaria Transmission in the United States: A Review of Recent Outbreaks EID 2(1): Centers for Disease Control.

     


    Introduction

    Etiology
    Pathogenesis
    Morphology
    Clinical Manifestations

    Risk and Populations
    Prevention
    Literature Interventions

    Take Home

    Fun Links/Bibliography
    Complete Excerpts
    Questions/Comments