Malaria: Principles and Practice of Malariology

Conceived as a comprehensive review of natural science and the methods of malaria control, this book brings together the results of laboratory research and epidemiological field studies. For the novice, it provides a an introduction to malariology as a biological system, a disease and a serious public health problem. For the initiated reader, it gives wide-ranging information intended to aid the further orientation of work. After a historical introduction, this account covers the biology of malaria parasites and their arthopod vectors, host/parasite relationships, the clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, and its epidemiology. This is followed by a review of animal models in malaria studies, and the trends of chemotherapeutic and immunological research.