Abstract
This chapter focuses on the epidemiology of malaria. Topics covered include malaria and its life cycle, epidemiology of malaria at the turn of the 20th century, advances in malaria epidemiology after the First World War, progress in the fight against malaria in the years preceding the Second World War, national malaria eradication programmes, and the era of molecular biology.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | The Development of Modern Epidemiology |
Subtitle of host publication | Personal Reports from Those Who Were There |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191724077 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780198569541 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2009 |
Keywords
- Disease control
- Epidemiology
- Eradication programmes
- Malaria
- Malaria epidemiology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine