The making of a tropical disease :

Packard, Randall M., 1945-

The making of a tropical disease : a short history of malaria / Randall M. Packard. - Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. - xvii, 296 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Johns Hopkins biographies of disease .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-289) and index.

Foreword, by Charles E. Rosenberg. - Preface. - Introduction : Constructing a global narrative. - Ch. 1: Beginnings. - Ch. 2: Malaria moves north. - Ch. 3: A southern disease. - Ch. 4: Tropical development and malaria. - Ch. 5: The making of a vector-borne disease. - Ch. 6: Malaria dreams. - Ch. 7: Malaria realities. - Ch. 8: Rolling back malaria: the future of a tropical disease?. - Conclusion : Ecology and policy. - Acknowledgments. - Notes. - Index.

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Malaria--History.

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