Whither genome research: Of man, mosquito and malaria

Tatu, Utpal and Jain, Samta and Priya, Padma P (2005) Whither genome research: Of man, mosquito and malaria. In: Journal of Biosciences, 30 (5). pp. 567-571.

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Abstract

Malaria continues to be a global health challenge. More number of people die of malaria than any other single infectious disease world over. While the occurrence of malaria is mainly localized to tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, the numbers of people infected with malaria are very large. Recent WHO survey reports over 500 million cases of malaria annually, resulting in more than 2 million deaths, of which about a million are children in sub-saharan Africa. Global warming together with increasing travel and communication between under-developed and developed nations is predicted to aid further spread of malaria in the world.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Biosciences
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry
Date Deposited:	25 Jan 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:23
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/5233

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