Introduction
Malaria is one of the major public health problems in the developing countries. Malaria is a complex disease and various factors influenced by human activities and natural calamities have great bearing on mosquitogenic conditions leading to increased potential for malaria transmission. Malaria can affect people of all ages and usually presents with fever, chills and rigors. Due to the complexity of the Plasmodium species and few therapeutic options, the clinician must have a thorough understanding of the life cycle of the parasite. This module discusses at length the epidemiological characteristics of the disease, the etiological vectors, its life cycle and pathogenesis and clinical presentation of vivax and falciparum malaria.
Malaria Insights for Busy Practitioners
About Faculty:
Prof. Dr. Amitabha Nandy, is MD from the prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. Presently, he is Director of The Centre for Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (CENTROMAP) Kolkata.
Professor Nandy has contributed immensely to the world of parasitology through his extensive research and publications. He has worked with TDR-WHO, Geneva as advisor and Division of Control of Tropical Diseases (CTD), WHO as consultant. He has been working as an expert in Malaria and Kala-azar and other vector borne diseases at the NVBDCP (National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme), Delhi and is a member of the Malaria Drug Policy Committee, NVBDCP. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and visiting scientist to several countries. He has more than 100 publications to his credit and various books to his famous name. He has received several awards for his original research work in Malaria and Kala-azar from University of Kolkata and Indian Society for Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases, New Delhi.