Encyclopedia of Malaria

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4614-8325-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 1569 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 3793 g

The   is the most comprehensive reference work devoted to one of humanity’s oldest and most persistent diseases. It captures the historical sweep of malaria’s impact while presenting the rapid and significant advances that continue to shape the field, from the sequencing of the   and   genomes to the latest developments in diagnostics, treatment, and control. Structured as authoritative essays written by leading experts with direct field and laboratory experience, this work distils the complexity of malaria research into a concise, accessible, and up-to-date resource. It covers the biology of parasite and vector, the clinical and epidemiological dimensions of disease, control efforts, and the evolving challenges of drug and insecticide resistance. Appealing to a broad audience—from malaria researchers, clinicians  and biomedical scientists to teachers, students, and public health professionals—this encyclopaedia is both a repository of knowledge and a guide to future discovery.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kremsner, Peter G.

Krishna, Sanjeev

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Immunologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Reisemedizin, Tropenmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinische Parasitologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Epidemiology.- Innate Resistance.- Malaria Diagnostics.- Pathophysiology.- Clinical forms.- Treatment.- Malaria In Pregnancy.- Acquired Immune Responses.- Malaria Vaccines.- Medical entomology.- Malaria control in Man.

Über Autor(innen)

Since 1996 Peter G. Kremsner is a professor and since 2008 director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Human Parasitology at the Universität Tübingen. From 1985 to 1987 Professor Kremsner gained his first professional experiences at the Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Universität Wien. From 1988 to 1996 Professor Kremsner was at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Berlin as a group leader.Since 1992 he works in Lambaréné and has been the founding President of the Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL) in Gabon. Professor Kremsner not only has close ties to CERMEL, he is also networked worldwide. For example, with the Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale (FCRM) in Congo and the Vietnamese-German Center for Medical Research (VG-CARE) in Vietnam. 

Sanjeev Krishna is Professor (Emeritus) of Molecular Parasitology and Medicine at St George’s, University of London, where he was appointed to a personal Chair in 2000. He first became involved in malaria research as a medical student in Oxford in the early 1980s, including time at the then newly established Wellcome Trust Unit in Thailand. After completing postgraduate clinical training, he obtained a DPhil in 1990 on cation ATPases of . His subsequent career has combined laboratory and clinical research on malaria across sub-Saharan Africa, with contributions that have shaped understanding of severe malaria, particularly lactic acidosis and hypoglycaemia, and improved antimalarial treatment regimens. His laboratory’s work on parasite transporters identified druggable targets such as the hexose transporter and cation ATPases and helped define mechanisms of resistance by characterising the role of  .