Malaria:: Historical aspects and chemoterapy

被引:38
作者
Franca, Tanos C. C. [1 ]
dos Santos, Marta G. [1 ]
Figueroa-Villar, Jose D. [1 ]
机构
[1] Inst Mil Engn, Div Ensino & Pesquisa, Secao Engn Quim, BR-22290270 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
来源
QUIMICA NOVA | 2008年 / 31卷 / 05期
关键词
malaria; historical of malaria; antimalaric chemotherapy;
D O I
10.1590/S0100-40422008000500060
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 [化学];
摘要
Malaria is still a very serious worldwide public health problem affecting between 300 and 500 million people and causing from 1.0 to 2.5 million deaths annually. The major problems with this disease are the lack of efficient vaccines and the rapid emergence of chemotherapy resistant P. falciparum strains. In this work we present a synopsis and discussion on malaria to provide the renders with some information on the historical aspects and relevance of this disease as well as the chemotherapy in use today.
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页码:1271 / 1278
页数:8
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