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The Fever Trail: Malaria, the Mosquito and the Quest

The Fever Trail: Malaria, the Mosquito and the Quest


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About the Book

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.

About the Author :
Mark Honigsbaum is a journalist, writer and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Formerly Chief Reporter of the Observer, he has contributed articles for most British national newspapers and has made several documentaries for television. When he isn’t travelling in South America he lives in London with his wife and two children

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"[An] entertaining but sobering book...full of vivid detail" Financial Times "A serious book about a deadly diease" The Spectator "A stunning history of the hunt for a cure for malaria" Beryl Bainbridge, Books of the Year, Sunday Telegraph


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780330481854
  • Publisher: Pan MacMillan
  • Publisher Imprint: Pan Books
  • Height: 197 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Sub Title: Malaria, the Mosquito and the Quest
  • Width: 130 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0330481851
  • Publisher Date: 08 Nov 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Weight: 266 gr


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