Further information and useful links

• You can find an introduction to malaria and its treatment on the web pages of the CDC.
• There, you will also find maps that tell you in which countries to expect malaria and how malaria can be prevented by prophylactic drugs and by other measures.
• A short description of the disease is supplied by the Ferris State University.
• Photos of the malaria parasite and helpful hints of how do diagnose malaria can be obtained from the search engine Parasite Image Library by entering the search term "malaria".
• Information on current intervention strategies against malaria can be obtained from the pages of the WHO.
• To obtain a huge list of links to other malaria pages, go to geocities or to www.anopheles.org..
• Geographical distribution of malaria
  
  

  Map: WHO

• Fun reading

  about malaria vectors and other mosquitoes: A. Spielman and M. D'Antonio: "Mosquito. A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe" Hyperion. New York (2001).

  about the history of malaria and kala azar research: R. S. Desowitz: "The Malaria Capers. Tales of Parasites and People." W. W. Norton & Co. New York, London (1993)