Sherman, Irwin W.
Magic bullets to conquer malaria : from quinine to qinghaosu / Irwin W. Sherman. - Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2011. - xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-276) and index.
From breathing bad air to biting beasts -- Myth to medicine : quinine -- Synthetic dyes to drugs : atabrine and chloroquine -- Antimicrobials to antimalarials : prontosil, pyrimethamine, proguanil, and atovaquone -- To destroy liver stages : primaquine and tafenoquine -- Quinine to mefloquine -- Reversal of fortune -- Sweet wormwood of success : qinghaosu -- Antibiotics and the apicoplast -- A possible dream : control by blocking transmission -- The dream of eradication -- A reasonable dream.
9781555815431 (hardcover)
2010005516
Antimalarials--History.
Malaria--Treatment--History.
Malaria--prevention & control.
Antimalarials--therapeutic use.
Malaria--drug therapy.
RC159.A5 / S54 2011
362.196/9362
WC 765 / S553m 2011
Magic bullets to conquer malaria : from quinine to qinghaosu / Irwin W. Sherman. - Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2011. - xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-276) and index.
From breathing bad air to biting beasts -- Myth to medicine : quinine -- Synthetic dyes to drugs : atabrine and chloroquine -- Antimicrobials to antimalarials : prontosil, pyrimethamine, proguanil, and atovaquone -- To destroy liver stages : primaquine and tafenoquine -- Quinine to mefloquine -- Reversal of fortune -- Sweet wormwood of success : qinghaosu -- Antibiotics and the apicoplast -- A possible dream : control by blocking transmission -- The dream of eradication -- A reasonable dream.
9781555815431 (hardcover)
2010005516
Antimalarials--History.
Malaria--Treatment--History.
Malaria--prevention & control.
Antimalarials--therapeutic use.
Malaria--drug therapy.
RC159.A5 / S54 2011
362.196/9362
WC 765 / S553m 2011