Provides information about malaria, discussing how it is transmitted, how people have tried to avoid malaria, the history of the search for treatments, and the reasons why it remains a global problem.
Explores the relationship between mosquitoes and disease, discussing the outbreak of West Nile virus in New York in 1999, and other instances of mosquito-related epidemics in history; and looks at some of the other disease spread by mosquitoes, with information about their diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Provides information about malaria, a killer disease that has caused several plagues throughout history, discussing where it is found, how it spreads, the symptoms of the disease, the development of treatments, and the continuing fight to eradicate malaria.
Presents an overview of malaria, covering its history, scope, diagnosis, treatment, research, and prevention; and includes a glossary, a bibliography, and a list of related organizations.
During a malaria epidemic in late eighteenth-century Cleveland, Ohio, ten-year-old Seth Doan surprises his family, his neighbors, and himself by having the strength to carry and grind enough corn to feed everyone.
