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Magic bullets to conquer malaria :

by Sherman, Irwin W.
Additional authors: American Society for Microbiology.
Published by : ASM Press, (Washington, DC :) Physical details: xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN:9781555815431 (hardcover).
Subject(s): Antimalarials -- History. | Malaria -- Treatment -- History. | Malaria -- prevention & control. | Antimalarials -- therapeutic use. | Malaria -- drug therapy.
Year: 2011
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University of Sargodha-Central Library
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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.

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