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A clear, concise discourse of 300 years of malarial drug research. Serves as a resource for microbiologists, parasitologists, pharmacologists, medicinal chemists, biochemists, physicians, and drug researchers.
This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.
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- PublisherASM Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1555819095
- ISBN 13 9781555819095
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages298
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: As New. 2013 ASM Press (Washington, D.C.), 6 x 9 inches tall trade paperback, illustrated with structural formulas, xiii, 298 pp. A near fine book, with no noted detractions, seemingly unopened. ~WWW~ [1.5P] Provides a historical overview of the medicines that have been used to treat malaria. It recounts how these drugs were discovered, how they have been used, and why they have failed to eradicate this disease. In addition, readers will learn about the use of larvicides, bednets, and DDT as well as recombinant DNA and monoclonal antibodies to block malaria transmission from mosquitoes to humans. This book will help microbiologists, parasitologists, pharmacologists, medicinal chemists, biochemists, physicians, and drug researchers better understand what has been done and what still needs to be done in the battle against malaria. C ontents: From breathing bad air to biting beasts; Myth to medicine : quinine; Synthetic dyes to drugs : atabrine and chloroquine; Antimicrobials to antimalarials : prontosil, pyrimethamine, proguanil, and atovaquone; To destroy liver stages : primaquine and tafenoquine; Quinine to mefloquine; Reversal of fortune; Sweet wormwood of success : qinghaosu; Antibiotics and the apicoplast; A possible dream : control by blocking transmission; The dream of eradication; A reasonable dream. Seller Inventory # WWW-0522-12557
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