Health Organisation, Malaria Comission; World Health Organization : Organisation Mondiale de la Sante; Serie de Monographies, Issue No. 81. 950: World Health Organization Organisation Mondiale de la Sant

By W. H. Wernsdorf

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Title:	Health Organisation, Malaria Comission; World Health Organization : Organisation Mondiale de la Sante; Serie de Monographies, Issue No. 81. 950: World Health Organization Organisation Mondiale de la Sant
Author:	W. H. Wernsdorf
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page 1 . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 . Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 . WHO-sponsored research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 . Present s t a t e of basic malaria research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 Basic parasite biology and in v i t r o cultivation 3 5.1.1 Lifecycle. morphologyandphysiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5.1.2 I n v i t r o cultivation and parasite isolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5.1.3 Strain characterization and parasite genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 Chemotherapy 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2.1 Studies involving drugs in current use 5 5.2.2 New drugs and formulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5.2.3 Mode of action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.2.4 Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5.3 Immunology ofmalaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5.3.1 Innate resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5.3.2 Acquired imunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5.3.3 Vaccination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5 . 3 . 4 Irmnunopathology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.3.5 Iuununodiagnostic t e s t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . Research programme: basic malaria research 12 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Resum6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15