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Immunology and Immunopathogenesis of Malaria

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Description for Immunology and Immunopathogenesis of Malaria paperback. Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Num Pages: 245 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.

Malaria is still a major global health problem, killing more than 1 million people every year. Almost all of these deaths are caused by Plasmodium falciparum, one of the four species of malaria parasites infecting humans. This high burden of mortality falls heavily on Sub-Saharan Africa, where over 90% of these deaths are thought to occur, and 5% of children die before the age of 5 years. The death toll from malaria is still growing, with malaria-specific mortality in young African children estimated to have doubled during the last twenty years. This increase has been associated with drug resistance of ... Read more

This collection of reviews addresses many of these important issues of malarial immunity and immunopathology. They are of interest not only to malariologists, but hopefully also to the broader immunological community. Strong interactions with, and feedback from immunologists working in other infectious diseases and in basic immunology will help us to move the field of malaria immunology and therapeutic intervention forward more quickly.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Series
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642421846
SKU
V9783642421846
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