Synopses & Reviews
This third edition of Leonard Bruce-Chwatt's classic handbook has been revised by a team of international experts. It has an increased clinical orientation which particularly emphasizes the use of chemotherapy in the management of the disease. There is also extensive updating of our rapidly advancing scientific understanding of parasitological, entomological, epidemiological, clinical and immunological aspects of malaria and its transmission. 'Essential Malariology' provides an indispensable practical guide for the physician dealing with the disease anywhere in the world and also offers invaluable advice to public health workers implementing malaria-control policies and to laboratory staff.
Review
'Its admirable blend of up-to-date factual information, scholarly and authoritative comment and philosophical wisdom is applied to the whole range of human malariology...it has found a place in the research laboratory, the hospital and the consulting room as well as in the field worker's knapsack and the administrator's desk.' --Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (of the second edition)
Synopsis
Essential Malariology, Fourth Edition is a concise and practical handbook that covers all aspects of malaria from a clinical perspective - its control, prevention and treatment. This edition has been thoroughly updated and contains brand new chapters on malaria in children, malaria in pregnancy, and vaccines. Incorporated throughout are the latest research into, and understanding of, molecular biology, and the latest diagnostic techniques. In addition, new colour plates and figures are included to complement the text.
Synopsis
This concise text provides an overview of the wide-ranging field of malariology. It includes readable introductory chapters on the basic sciences; practical information on the diagnosis and clinical manifestations of malaria in various patient groups (including children, pregnant women, adults); a comprehensive guide to pharmacology and treatment of malaria, and a review of the current status in malaria vaccine development.
Table of Contents
Historical Outline
The Malaria Parasites
Diagnostic methods in malaria
The Anopheles vector
The epidemiology of malaria
Rationale and technique of malaria control
Clinical features of malaria
Clinical features of malaria in children
Clinical features of falciparum
Pathology and pathophysiology of human malaria
Immunology of malaria
Treatment and Prevention of Malaria
Malaria vaccines