Scope of the Series

The series will give a most comprehensive overview of recent trends in various infectious diseases (as per the most recent Baltimore classification), as well as general concepts of infections, immunopathology, diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology and etiology to current clinical recommendations in management of infectious diseases, highlighting the ongoing issues, recent advances, with future directions in diagnostic approaches and therapeutic strategies. This book series will focus on various aspects and properties of infectious diseases whose deep understanding is very important for safeguarding human race from more loss of resources and economies due to pathogens.

Contents

and *Plasmodium vivax by Boundenga Larson*

Resistance to Malaria *by Neyder Contreras-Puentes*

Antimalarial Drugs

Trapping System

*by Qigui Li and Brandon Pybus*

*by Omolade Olayinka Okwa*

and Perspective for Public Health

*Wisdom Peresuh and Obadiah Moyo*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1** Origin of Two Most Virulent Agents of Human Malaria: *Plasmodium falciparum*

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 49**

**Chapter 4 71** Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Profiles of Rapid- and Slow-Acting

**Chapter 5 91**

**Chapter 6 103**

**Chapter 7 123**

*Aedes aegypti*: The Main Enemy of Public Health in Brazil - Challenges

New Cost-Benefit of Brazilian Technology for Vector Surveillance Using

*by Alvaro E. Eiras, Marcelo C. Resende, José L. Acebal and Kelly S. Paixão*

*by Erika M. de Carvalho, Simone S. Valverde and July A.H. Muñoz*

Malarial Pathophysiology and Phytochemical Interventions: A Current

*by Greanious Alfred Mavondo, Blessing Nkazimulo Mkhwanazi, Joy Mavondo,* 

*Plasmodium falciparum* Protein Exported in Erythrocyte and Mechanism

Discourse on Oxidative Stress Anti-Disease Phytotherapeutics

Nipping the Malaria Vectors in the Bud: Focus on Nigeria
