Malaria
The many control efforts against malaria have led to averting many but not all malaria-related deaths; thus, malaria remains a major public health challenge, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This suggests that factors permissive of malaria parasite perpetuation are still in operation. An understand...
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| description | The many control efforts against malaria have led to averting many but not all malaria-related deaths; thus, malaria remains a major public health challenge, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This suggests that factors permissive of malaria parasite perpetuation are still in operation. An understanding of the dynamics of these factors and sufficient deployment of antimalarial strategies are crucial for the control and elimination of the disease. This book identifies environmental factors supporting vector survival, behavior, and access to human hosts, as well as the phenomenon of asymptomatic malaria infections, as some of the important factors of malaria transmission. It also discusses contemporary developments of malaria diagnostic tools with improved sensitivity, patient friendliness, and minimal requirements for sophisticated equipment or skills. Finally, this book also provides an overview of current insights into the malaria treatment landscape, which depends on the parasite species, disease severity, and drug susceptibility profiles of local parasites, among others. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1402652024-07-11T07:54:40Z Malaria Eva Amoah, Linda Kojo Acquah, Festus Kumi Asare, Kwame Infectious and contagious diseases thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCJ Infectious and contagious diseases The many control efforts against malaria have led to averting many but not all malaria-related deaths; thus, malaria remains a major public health challenge, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This suggests that factors permissive of malaria parasite perpetuation are still in operation. An understanding of the dynamics of these factors and sufficient deployment of antimalarial strategies are crucial for the control and elimination of the disease. This book identifies environmental factors supporting vector survival, behavior, and access to human hosts, as well as the phenomenon of asymptomatic malaria infections, as some of the important factors of malaria transmission. It also discusses contemporary developments of malaria diagnostic tools with improved sensitivity, patient friendliness, and minimal requirements for sophisticated equipment or skills. Finally, this book also provides an overview of current insights into the malaria treatment landscape, which depends on the parasite species, disease severity, and drug susceptibility profiles of local parasites, among others. 2024-07-11T07:54:37Z 2024-07-11T07:54:37Z 2024 book ONIX_20240711_9780850141368_79 2631-6188 9780850141368 9780850141351 9780850141375 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/140265 eng Infectious Diseases image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books/12637 https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/12637/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.107746 10.5772/intechopen.107746 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9780850141368 9780850141351 9780850141375 IntechOpen 29 180 open access |
| spellingShingle | Infectious and contagious diseases thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCJ Infectious and contagious diseases Malaria |
| title | Malaria |
| title_full | Malaria |
| title_fullStr | Malaria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malaria |
| title_short | Malaria |
| title_sort | malaria |
| topic | Infectious and contagious diseases thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCJ Infectious and contagious diseases |
| topic_facet | Infectious and contagious diseases thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCJ Infectious and contagious diseases |
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