Epidemiology and Control of Falciparum Malaria in the Americas
Series: Scientific publication ; no. 471
Publisher: Pan American Health Organization, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization
Published: September 1984
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9789275114711
Copyright date: 1984
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Organization and objectives of the workshop; title: Malaria situation in the Americas; title: Status of falciparum malaria in the Americas.; title: Distribution and prevalence; title: Virulence of malaria infections; title: Drug resistance; title: Control of falciparum malaria; title: Malaria situation in individual countries of the Americas, with special reference to falciparum malaria.; title: Brazil; title: Colombia; title: Ecuador; title: Suriname; title: French Guiana; title: Guyana; title: Venezuela; title: Panama; title: Bolivia; title: Peru; title: Paraguay; title: El Salvador; title: Honduras; title: Guatemala; title: Nicaragua; title: Belize; title: Costa Rica; title: Mexico; title: Island of Hispaniola; title: Haiti; title: Dominican Republic; title: Epidemiological assessment and control of falciparum malaria; title: Prevention and control of drug resistance in P. falciparum; title: Determination of drug susceptibility of P. falciparum; title: Monitoring of drug susceptibility; title: Drug usage; title: Drugs in common use; title: Recommendations.; title: Epidemiology and epidemiological surveillance; title: Monitoring of drug susceptibility to P. falciparum; title: Social behavior and attitudes; title: Antimalarial drugs; title: Malaria control; title: Workshop participants