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名称 The fever trail : in search of the cure for malaria
索引号 R531.3-09/E20081
分类号 R531.3-09
R531.3(疟疾)
R531(原虫病)
R53(寄生虫病)
R5(内科学)
R(医药,卫生)
作者 Honigsbaum、 Mark.、
出版社 New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2002.
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页数 xv, 307 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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注解 Previously published: London : Macmillan, 2001. Previously published with subtitle: the hunt for the cure for malaria. 附註 Includes bibliographical references and index. 摘要 "The Fever Trail is the story of the search for the elusive cinchona tree - the only source of quinine - and the trio of intrepid British explorers who were given the task of transporting it to the colonies. On a quest that was to absorb much of their lives, Richard Spruce, Charles Ledger, and Sir Clements Markham endeavored, on separate expeditions, to rid the world of malaria. They faced the immense dangers of the uncharted mountain terrain of the Andes, the perils of untrustworthy guides, the ravages of malnutrition and disease, the difficulties of finding the variety of cinchona tree with the highest concentration of quinine in its bark, and the hazards of then smuggling its seeds and seedlings out of Peru and Bolivia." "But in spite of their valiant attempts, quinine and its chemical derivatives were successful in controlling malaria for only a limited time. Now, drug-resistant strains of the parasite have emerged, and no pharmaceutical treatment has proven to be 100 percent effective. The hunt must continue - this time for a vaccine." "Part scientific adventure, part historical mystery, The Fever Trail is an account of a deadly disease that continues to elude all efforts to contain it."--BOOK JACKET.