Neal asked for a pointer to more information on malaria. I have not
checked it out myself, but I include a post after my sig that has links
to malaria sites that appeared earlier on this newsgroup.
> A cousin of mine has just made an recovery from cerebral malaria after having
> been brought home from Mocambique in a coma, and apparently this is quite a
> feat. My family, who were told that they should expect the worst, are
> overjoyed, and are asking me for an explanation of the illness (being the only
> family member with a degree in biochemistry). Well, rather than turn round and
> say that my knowledge of cerebral malaria ends at the sharp part of the
> mosquito (my only parasitology experience has been in Trypanosomiasis), I
> throw myself at the mercy of the collective knowledge on this group.
>> I would appreciate a fair amount of detail, if you have the time, or a pointer
> to an on-line source (no more university library these days).
>> Thanks in advance,
> Neal
>
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To: parasite at net.bio.net
From: Andreas Rose t3077 <rose at alf1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de>
Subject: Re: Internet parasitology?
Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 08:32:47 GMT
Message-ID: <rose.384.2FBC57AE at alf1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de>
In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.950518092303.23176B-100000 at welchlink.welch.jhu.edu> "CHRISTOPHER V. PLOWE" <cplowe at welchlink.welch.jhu.edu> writes:
>From: "CHRISTOPHER V. PLOWE" <cplowe at welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
>Subject: Re: Internet parasitology?
>Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 09:24:11 -0400
>I heard there is a WWW location on malaria, but haven't found it. Does
>anyone know of any such thing?
>Thanks.
Kazuhiko Hata from the Tropical Diseases Research (TDR) branch of the WHO has
a valuable home page, also with links to sites dealing with malaria.
The addresss is:
http://www.who.ch./programmes/tdr/kh/res_links.html
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