Humanity's burden: a global history of malaria
Auteur :
Webb, Jr, James L. A.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521854184
Date de publication :
29 déc. 2008
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,8 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
460 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Humanity's Burden provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria. It traces the long arc of malaria out of tropical Africa into Eurasia, its transfer to the Americas during the early years of the Columbian exchange, and its retraction from the middle latitudes into the tropics since the late nineteenth century.