Bad air, amulets and mosquitoes: 2,000 years of changing perspectives on malaria

For many centuries, scientists have debated the cause and best treatment of the disease now known as malaria. Two theories regarding malaria transmission – that of “bad air” and that of insect vectors – have been widely accepted at different times throughout history. Treatments and cures have varied...

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Autores principales: Hempelmann, Ernst, Krafts, Kristine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3723432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23835014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-232
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description For many centuries, scientists have debated the cause and best treatment of the disease now known as malaria. Two theories regarding malaria transmission – that of “bad air” and that of insect vectors – have been widely accepted at different times throughout history. Treatments and cures have varied accordingly over time. This paper traces the evolution of scientific consensus on malaria aetiology, transmission, and treatment from ancient times to the present day.
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spelling pubmed-37234322013-07-26 Bad air, amulets and mosquitoes: 2,000 years of changing perspectives on malaria Hempelmann, Ernst Krafts, Kristine Malar J Review For many centuries, scientists have debated the cause and best treatment of the disease now known as malaria. Two theories regarding malaria transmission – that of “bad air” and that of insect vectors – have been widely accepted at different times throughout history. Treatments and cures have varied accordingly over time. This paper traces the evolution of scientific consensus on malaria aetiology, transmission, and treatment from ancient times to the present day. BioMed Central 2013-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3723432/ /pubmed/23835014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-232 Text en Copyright © 2013 Hempelmann and Krafts; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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