The Fever Trail: Malaria, the Mosquito and the Quest
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Since 1985 malaria has killed 60 times more people than AIDS. There is still no vaccine. "The Fever Trail" is a boat trip through the history of malaria and of those that have sought to cure it. It is a story of courage, of political machinations and personal bravery, of the New World against the Old. From the jungles of Peru to the high-tech laboratories in the US, Mark Hinigsbaum reveals the characters and events that have been little more than footnotes in history. The book starts with the hunt for the Cinchono tree, the tree that yeilded the cure for malaria, quinine. Markham, Ledger and Spruce, the trio of explorers given the task of transporting the tree to the colonies, gave most of their lives so that the world could be free of intermittent fevers. They never thought that the disease would mutate. The modern pioneers no longer search out forests or spend months on dangerous rivers. Instead they battle on in laboratories and facilities desperate to find what has eluded mankind for centuries - a cure.
Author: Mark Honigsbaum
Format: Paperback, 352 pages, 130mm x 197mm, 266 g
Published: 2002, Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom
Genre: Coping with Problems & Illness
Description
Since 1985 malaria has killed 60 times more people than AIDS. There is still no vaccine. "The Fever Trail" is a boat trip through the history of malaria and of those that have sought to cure it. It is a story of courage, of political machinations and personal bravery, of the New World against the Old. From the jungles of Peru to the high-tech laboratories in the US, Mark Hinigsbaum reveals the characters and events that have been little more than footnotes in history. The book starts with the hunt for the Cinchono tree, the tree that yeilded the cure for malaria, quinine. Markham, Ledger and Spruce, the trio of explorers given the task of transporting the tree to the colonies, gave most of their lives so that the world could be free of intermittent fevers. They never thought that the disease would mutate. The modern pioneers no longer search out forests or spend months on dangerous rivers. Instead they battle on in laboratories and facilities desperate to find what has eluded mankind for centuries - a cure.
The Fever Trail: Malaria, the Mosquito and the Quest