Biodiversity of Malaria in the World

Biodiversité du paludisme dans le monde - English version, completely updated

Sylvie Manguin, Pierre Carnevale, Jean Mouchet, Marc Coosemans, Jean Julvez, Dominique Richard-Lenoble, Jacques Sircoulon

428 pages, parution le 03/04/2008

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One million dead a year, 500 million with the disease, 2.5 billion people at risk: this is the malaria balance sheet in 2007. The distribution and seriousness of the disease depend on the pathogens and vectors involved, as well as environmental conditions. Of the four parasites (Plasmodium), only P. falciparum kills although the other three cause debilitating disease with regular relapses and recrudescence. More than fifty species of Anopheles can fulfil the vector role which is essential in transmission of the parasite between human beings. Climatic factors (temperature and rainfall), the environment and biogeographical particularities dictate the distribution of anopheline species and determine transmission rates. This is why it makes sense to talk about the biodiversity of malaria. Today, more than 90 % of deaths from malaria occur in Tropical Africa which is home to only 10% of humanity. Every 30 seconds a child dies from malaria. This continent harbours the most effective vectors (An. gambiae and An. funestus, in particular) and the climate is highly conducive to transmission of the disease. Severe malaria is also seen in forest foci in Southeast Asia, Papua-New Guinea and the Amazon. In the rest of the tropical and subtropical world, P. vivax and/or P. malariae cause less severe disease.

L'auteur - Pierre Carnevale

Pierre Carnevale et Vincent Robert, entomologistes médicaux et spécialistes des anophèles, directeurs de recherche à l'IRD, ont acquis une expérience de plus de 25 ans en zones tropicales.

P. Carnevale a mené des recherches sur le paludisme en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre dans le cadre d'organisations régionales de lutte contre les maladies endémiques, puis à l'OMS.

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L'auteur - Dominique Richard-Lenoble

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Sommaire

Malaria, a Vector-Borne Parasitic Disease
Epidemiological Biogeography of Malaria
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Malaria
Malaria Control
Bibliography
Species Index

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	PAPIER	NUMERIQUE
Éditeur(s)	John Libbey
Auteur(s)	Sylvie Manguin, Pierre Carnevale, Jean Mouchet, Marc Coosemans, Jean Julvez, Dominique Richard-Lenoble, Jacques Sircoulon
Parution	03/04/2008	03/04/2008
Nb. de pages	428	428
Format	21,5 x 28	-
Couverture	Relié	-
Poids	1740g	-
Intérieur	Quadri	-
Contenu	-	PDF
EAN13	9782742006168	9782742009657
ISBN13	978-2-7420-0616-8	-