War and disease : biomedical research on malaria in the twentieth century / Leo B. Slater.

Malaria is one of the leading killers in the world today. Though drugs against malaria have a long history, attempts to develop novel therapeutics spanned the twentieth century and continue today. In this historical study, Leo B. Slater shows the roots and branches of an enormous drug development pr...

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Main Author: Slater, Leo Barney, 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
Series:Critical issues in health and medicine.
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505 0 |a Quinine and the environment of disease -- Avian malaria -- New drugs -- Preparing for war -- Cooperation and coordination -- Trust and transition -- Chloroquine, wonder drug -- Lessons learned. 
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