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The Malaria Capers : More Tales of Parasites and People, Research and Reality

by Robert S. Desowitz · 1991

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Why, Robert S. Desowitz asks, has biotechnical research on malaria produced so little when it had promised so much? An expert in tropical diseases, Desowtiz searches for answers in this provocative book.

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