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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum ring-forms and gametocytes in human blood.
ICD-10	B50
ICD-9	084
DiseasesDB	7728
MedlinePlus	000621
MeSH	C03.752.250.552

External links

External links

General information

• National Geographic July 2007 Issue on Malaria
• WHO site on malaria
  • 2006 WHO Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria
• Template:McGrawHillAnimation
• Johns Hopkins Malariology Open Courseware
  • World Malaria Report 2005
• www.malariacontrol.net distributed computing project for the fight against malaria
• United States Centers for Disease Control - Malaria information pages
• Medline Plus - Malaria
• Interview with Dr Andrew Speilman, Harvard malaria specialist
• Malaria Consortium website
• GlobalHealthFacts.org Malaria Cases and Deaths by Country
• Survey article: History of malaria around the North Sea
• DriveAgainstMalaria.org, "World's longest journey to fight the biggest killer of children"
• Malaria on JHSPH OpenCourseWare
• Malaria Foundation International
• Malaria Atlas Project
• UNITAID, International Facility for the Purchase of Drugs (Wikipedia Article)

Vaccine and other research

• BBC - Hopes of Malaria Vaccine by 2010 15 October 2004
• BBC - Science shows how malaria hides 8 April 2005
• History of discoveries in malaria
• Malaria. The UNICEF-UNDP-World Bank-WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
• Malaria Vaccine Initiative
• "Vaccines for Development" - Blog on vaccine research and production for developing countries
• Medicines for Malaria Venture
• Malaria and Mosquitos - questions and answers

Mosquito Netting as Prevention

• Hisnets - Fighting Malaria: One Net At A Time
• Call for Increased Production of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets as Part of the U.N. Millenium Campaign

DDT

• The DDT Ban Myth

Animations, images and photos

• Burden of Malaria, BBC pictures relating to malaria in northern Uganda
• Malaria: Cooperation among Parasite, Vector, and Host (Animation)

• Malaria Blog from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communications Programs