Drugs that changed the world : how therapeutic agents shaped our lives / Irwin W. Sherman. by Sherman, Irwin W.

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1. Malaria and antimalarials -- chapter 2. The painkiller, aspirin -- chapter 3. …”
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3 Billion and Counting.

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Evolution of Virulence in Eukaryotic Microbes. by Sibley, L. David

Table of Contents: “…PART III: FORWARD AND REVERSE GENETIC SYSTEMS FOR DEFINING VIRULENCECHAPTER 13: GENETIC CROSSES IN PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM: ANALYSIS OF DRUG RESISTANCE; CHAPTER 14: GENETIC MAPPING OF VIRULENCE IN RODENT MALARIAS; CHAPTER 15: GENETIC MAPPING OF ACUTE VIRULENCE IN TOXOPLASMA GONDII; CHAPTER 16: VIRULENCE IN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMES: GENETIC AND MOLECULAR APPROACHES; CHAPTER 17: THE EVOLUTION OF ANTIGENIC VARIATION IN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMES; CHAPTER 18: ANTIGENIC VARIATION, ADHERENCE, AND VIRULENCE IN MALARIA; CHAPTER 19: INVASION LIGAND DIVERSITY AND PATHOGENESIS IN BLOOD-STAGE MALARIA.…”
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Effects of Health Programs on Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…""4 Other Interventions Targeted at Single Diseases""""DIARRHEAL DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMS""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY""; ""TREATMENT""; ""SUMMARY""; ""MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY""; ""MALARIA MORTALITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA""; ""PROGRAM OPTIONS""; ""STUDIES OF THE EFFECT OF MALARIA ERADICATION ON MORTALITY""; ""Pare-Taveta Malaria Scheme (1954-1959)""; ""Kisumu Project""; ""Garki Project""; ""PRESUMPTIVE TREATMENT OF FEVERS WITH ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS""; ""Studies of the Effect of Programs Designed to Increase PresumptiveTreatment of Fevers with Chloroquine""…”
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Atlas of human infectious diseases. by Wertheim, Heiman F. L.

Table of Contents: “…69 Eosinophilic Meningitis, Angiostrongylus cantonensis70 Fascioliasis; 71 Fasciolopsiasis; 72 Filariasis; 73 Hookworm; 74 Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous and Mucosal, New World; 75 Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous and Mucosal, Old World; 76 Leishmaniasis, Visceral; 77 Loiasis; 78 Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum; 79 Malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi; 80 Malaria, Plasmodium ovale; 81 Malaria, Plasmodium vivax; 82 Onchocerciasis; 83 Opisthorchiasis; 84 Paragonimiasis; 85 Schistosomiasis, Africa & Americas; 86 Schistosomiasis, Asia; 87 Strongyloidiasis; 88 Trypanosomiasis, African; 89 Trypanosomiasis, American.…”
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Fossil Parasites.

Table of Contents: “…PfEMP1-Mediated Pathogenesis; 6.1 Cerebral malaria; 6.2 Placental malaria; 7. PfEMP1-Specific Immune Responses; 8. …”
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Modelling Parasite Transmission and Control edited by Edwin Michael, Robert C. Spear. by Michael, Edwin

Table of Contents: “…Epilogue Modelling Climate Change and Malaria Transmission -- Modelling the Transmission of Trypanosomacruzi: The Need for an Integrated Genetic Epidemiological and Population Genomics Approach.…”
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Atlas of human infectious diseases. by Wertheim, Heiman F. L.

Table of Contents: “…69 Eosinophilic Meningitis, Angiostrongylus cantonensis70 Fascioliasis; 71 Fasciolopsiasis; 72 Filariasis; 73 Hookworm; 74 Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous and Mucosal, New World; 75 Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous and Mucosal, Old World; 76 Leishmaniasis, Visceral; 77 Loiasis; 78 Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum; 79 Malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi; 80 Malaria, Plasmodium ovale; 81 Malaria, Plasmodium vivax; 82 Onchocerciasis; 83 Opisthorchiasis; 84 Paragonimiasis; 85 Schistosomiasis, Africa & Americas; 86 Schistosomiasis, Asia; 87 Strongyloidiasis; 88 Trypanosomiasis, African; 89 Trypanosomiasis, American.…”
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Mosquito Resistance / SW Pictures LTD.

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Infectious diseases and host-pathogen evolution / edited by Krishna R. Dronamraju.

Table of Contents: “…Crow -- J.B.S. Haldane and the malaria hypothesis / D.J. Weatherall -- Evolutionary genetics of plasmodium falciparum, the agent of malignant malaria / Stephen M. …”
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Brain Degeneration and Dementia in Sub-Saharan Africa edited by Seggane Musisi, Stanley Jacobson.

Table of Contents: “…-- HIV-Associated Cognitive Impairment in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Vitamin Deficiencies and Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Environmental Toxins as Causes of Brain Degeneration in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Childhood Threats to Adult Cognition in Sub-saharan Africa: Malaria, Anemia, Stunting, Enteric Enteropathy, and the Microbiome of Malnutrition -- Strokes as Seein in Mulago Hospital, Uganda -- Challenges of Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsy at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda -- Psychiatric Aspects of HIV infection in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Children with Neurodegenerative Development Disorders in Uganda -- Cognitive Outcome of Malaria and HIV Infection in Children in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Acquired Brain Injury in Children in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Review of Reasons for Patients to Receive A CT of the Head and Neck Region in Uganda in 2011-2012 -- CT Findings in the Brain of Adult Patients with HIV/AIDS -- Neuropsychological Cases in a Low-Income National Referral Hospital -- A Case of Alzheimer's Dementia in Uganda -- A Case Report of Mania and Glioma -- Secondary Mania of HIV/AIDS -- Case Presentation of Epilepsy Secondary to Cerebral Malaria -- Caring for the Elderly with Dementia in Africa. .…”
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Parasites in the Immunized Host : Mechanisms of Survival.

Table of Contents: “…Parasites in the Immunized Host: mechanisms of survival; Contents; Introduction; The immune response to parasites; Discussion; Genetics of antigenic variation in Paramecium: a model system; Discussion; Antigenic variation and immunity to malaria; Discussion; Antigenic variation in African trypanosornes; Discussion; Antigenic variation in the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis; Discussion; Immunological spectra in infectious diseases; Discussion; Immunodepression produced by malarial infection in mice; Immunosuppression in malaria and trypanosomiasis; Discussion of the two preceding papers.…”
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Disrupting Mosquito Breeding / SW Pictures LTD.

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A history of plague in Java, 1911-1942 / Maurits Bastiaan Meerwijk. by Meerwijk, Maurits Bastiaan, 1989-

Table of Contents: “…Plague, rats, and the house in Java -- Colonizing the home with bamboo, tiles, and timber -- The spectacle of home improvement -- Plague propaganda -- Plague, malaria, and vaccination.…”
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Unseen Enemies.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Early Man -- Plague -- Malaria -- Yellow fever -- Tuberculosis -- Leprosy -- Filth diseases -- Influenza -- Smallpox -- HIV/AIDS -- Future threats.…”
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Brazilian immigration and the quest for identity / Catarina Fritz. by Fritz, Catarina

Table of Contents: “…Mica, malaria and Massachusetts -- Race here and there -- The dynamics of identity -- The dialectic of education and employment -- Ethnic markers -- Dancing around the one drop rule.…”
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Tropical and Parasitic Infections in the Intensive Care Unit edited by Charles Feldman, George A. Sarosi. by Feldman, Charles

Table of Contents: “…Severe Malaria: South African Perspective -- Severe Malaria: North American Perspective -- Viruses in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU): South African Perspective -- Viral Infections in ICU Patients: North American Perspective -- Tuberculosis in the Intensive Care Unit: South African Perspective -- Tuberculosis in the Intensive Care Unit: The North American Perspective -- HIV in the ICU: South African Perspective -- HIV Infection and Associated Infections in the Intensive Care Unit: Perspectives from North America -- African Trypanosomiasis: South African Perspective -- Parasitic Infections in the ICU: South African Perspective -- Fungal Infections in the ICU: South African Perspective -- Endemic mycosis: North American Perspective.…”
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Atlas of travel medicine and health / Jane Chiodini, Lorna Boyne. by Chiodini, Jane, Boyne, Lorna

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Third World Diseases edited by Richard Elliott. by Elliott, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Overview of Neglected Tropical Diseases -- The Medicinal Chemistry of Tuberculosis Chemotherapy -- Discovering New Medicines to Control and Eradicate Malaria -- Kinetoplastid Parasites.- Dengue Drug Discovery -- Recent Advances in Discovery and Development of Medicines for the Treatment of Secretory Diarrhea in the Developing World.…”
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Applications of Dynamical Systems in Biology and Medicine edited by Trachette Jackson, Ami Radunskaya.

Table of Contents: “…-- Modeling Fluid Flow Induced by Bacterial Carpets -- Modeling Auto regulation in the Kidney -- Modeling Anti-coagulation Therapy -- Mathematical Modeling of Evolutionary Diversification -- Intermittent Preventative Treatment (IPT) and the Spread of Drug Resistance to Malaria -- Stochastic Modeling of the Phototransduction Cascade for Melanopsin -- Clustering in Inhibitory Neural Networks with Nearest Neighbor Coupling -- Modeling the Dynamics of REM Sleep.…”
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