| 書目名稱 | Malaria in South Asia | | 副標(biāo)題 | Eradication and Resu | | 編輯 | Rais‘Akhtar,Ashok K. Dutt,Vandana‘Wadhwa | | 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/622/621884/621884.mp4 | | 概述 | Provides geographical perspective and diffusion analysis of malaria in the recent history of the South Asian countries.An interdisciplinary approach: medical geography, Asian studies, planning, epidem | | 叢書名稱 | Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research | | 圖書封面 |  | | 描述 | Malaria is one of the most widespread and devastating infectious diseases in the world. More than half the world population residing in over 100 countries is at risk of infection from this vector-borne disease. An estimated 250–500 million mal- ial cases occur each year, resulting in nearly one million deaths, the overwhelming majority of which are children. Because of the magnitude of the associated fata- ties, development experts consider malaria a ‘silent tsunami,’ comparing its death toll to the Indian Ocean tsunami (IOT) that ravaged several countries of South and Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004. That tsunami killed some 300,000 people (including children) at once. Globally, malarial deaths account for about 9% of all childhood deaths each year. However, with malaria more than most fatal d- eases, mortality is a small fraction of morbidity. Malaria is a debilitating disease, particularly for the adult population. In addition to children, pregnant women and migrating populations are most v- nerable to malaria. Miscarriage, stillbirth, and low birth weight are common among pregnant women who are infected with this disease. Malaria manifests itself through recurrent fever and | | 出版日期 | Book 2010 | | 關(guān)鍵詞 | South Asia; eradicated; malaria; population; resurgence; urban ecology | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3358-1 | | isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-3124-0 | | isbn_ebook | 978-90-481-3358-1Series ISSN 1879-7180 Series E-ISSN 1879-7199 | | issn_series | 1879-7180 | | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 |
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