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people of Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia have witnessed firsthand the death and destruction associated with such parasites. In Malaria Capers, a surprisingly engaging and highly informative
text that reads as part narrative and part murder mystery, the late University of Hawaii professor emeritus Robert S. Desowitz traces the history of insect causing diseases that are particularly
virulent in this part of the world. He frankly discusses the difficulties in diagnosing and treating these diseases - past and present - through compelling stories of horror, heartbreak,
frustration, and hope. The introduction begins with an overview of tropical Africa, which sets the geographical stage for what has become one of
the most confounding modern-day epidemics: AIDS. This disease has proven to be particularly devastating in this region for reasons the text clarifies. According to Professor Desowitz, treating children
for malaria is too often resulting in the spread of AIDS. When children afflicted with malaria receive blood transfusions in African hospitals, the blood they receive is not always
tested for AIDS, despite the fact that a large number of adults (and potential blood donors) are presently HIV positive. In too many instances, "Children come into the hospital
with malaria and leave with AIDS" (Desowitz 16). To date, neither traditional nor modern therapeutic approaches have proven effective to combat these hardy organisms that have been resisting drugs
since the earliest civilizations. Following the introduction, the text is subdivided into two sections that focus on different regional malarial strains. The
first is entitled "Kala Azar: The Long Anguish of Black Sickness" and chronicles the origins of the tropical disease kala azar (Leishmania donovani), which was first noted in India.
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