This is my book on malaria and its management, published by Macmillan Medical Communications. In 370 pages, this book provides a concise review of pathogenesis of malaria; exhaustive description of clinical manifestations, typical and atypical; comprehensive analysis of diagnostic tests and their utility, authentic details of treatment, based on the recommendations of WHO, NVBDCP-India and CDC, US; detailed description of complications and their management as well as details of control measures, prevention strategies, and future prospects.
Chapters:
- The Problem of Malaria
- Transmission, Life Cycle and Pathogenesis
- Clinical Manifestations of Malaria
- Diagnosis of Malaria
- Treatment of Malaria
- Severe Malaria
- Control of Malaria
- Prevention of Malaria
- Future Prospects
- Appendices 1. Diagnostic methods, 2. antimalarial drugs, 3. Districts/PHCs with chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum malaria and 4. Clinical examination of severe malaria