Screen LibraryMalaria : biology in the era of eradication /
"Malaria affects hundreds of millions of people every year, killing several hundred thousand. This book examines the biology of the Plasmodium parasites responsible, the way the disease is transmitted via mosquitos, and current approaches to vaccination and treatment. Highlights include: - Mala...
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cold Spring Harbor, New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cold spring harbor perspectives in medicine
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| Summary: |
"Malaria affects hundreds of millions of people every year, killing several hundred thousand. This book examines the biology of the Plasmodium parasites responsible, the way the disease is transmitted via mosquitos, and current approaches to vaccination and treatment. Highlights include: - Malaria Epigenetics - Biology of Malaria Transmission - New approaches to vaccine discovery - Current and Future Prospects for Preventing Malaria Transmission Via the Use of Insecticides"-- "Malaria affects hundreds of millions of people every year, killing several hundred thousand. This book examines the biology of the Plasmodium parasites responsible, the way the disease is transmitted via mosquitos, and current approaches to vaccination and treatment"-- |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 312 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781621821229 1621821226 |
| Index Number: | QR201 |
| CLC: | R531.3 |
| Call Number: | R531.3/M237-3 |
| Contents: |
Malaria transmission and prospects for malaria eradication : the role of the environment / Determinants of malaria transmission at the population level / Biology of malaria transmission / The biology of Plasmodium vivax / Anopheline reproductive biology: impacts on vectorial capacity and potential avenues for malaria control / Modern vector control / Current and future Prospects for preventing malaria transmission via the use of insecticides / Plasmodium sporozoite biology / Malaria parasite liver infection and exoerythrocytic biology / Molecular signaling involved in entry and exit of malaria parasites from host erythrocytes / Host cell tropism and adaptation of blood-stage malaria parasites : challenges for malaria elimination / Immune responses in malaria / Malaria pathogenesis / Malaria during pregnancy / Malaria genomics in the era of eradication / Malaria epigenetics / Antimalarial drug resistance : a threat to malaria elimination / Vaccines to accelerate malaria elimination and eventual eradication / Malaria modeling in the era of eradication / |