Talk:Malaria
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I suggest using the Amazon link temporarily until a nice list of further reading is developed. [User:Fredbauder]
I don't think we should endorse Amazon. Why not give a link to the Library of Congress catalog, Subject Malaria? AxelBoldt 18:10 Oct 8, 2002 (UTC)
From the article: "Malaria (Italian bad air; formerly called ague in English) is a tropical disease which causes about half a billion infections and 2 million deaths annually"
sounds to me like Malaria infects half a billiton persons per year which can't be true. -- mkrohn 10:02 25 May 2003 (UTC)
- I can't see why not. There are easily enough pepple in areas where malaria is endemic, like India and Africa.- I'll try to check jimfbleak 13:54 25 May 2003 (UTC)
- see www.idrc.ca/books/reports/1996/01-07e.html which confirms size of problem. jimfbleak 13:55 25 May 2003 (UTC)
I miss the statement in the entry that malaria was eradicated from the Dutch provinces North Holland and Zeeland in the 19th century.
62.195.88.154 21:21, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)
The figures are from the WHO reports. No one takes the precise numbers too seriously but they are the most reliable figures anyone has. Only tuberculosis is in the same league for deaths per year (~3 million) - this figure is also WHO sourced.
134.226.1.136 21:21, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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UN vs. DDT
The section about buying mosquito nets from the UN sounds suspiciously like pro-UN propaganda. What about DDT? --Uncle Ed 21:53, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- I concur that the article fails to achieve NPOV on this issue. Am carving out a 'DDT controversy' section to deal with this. Adhib 17:39, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
User:134.226.1.136
User:134.226.1.136 seems to know a lot about malaria, and has added large amounts of virtually unreadable material to the article. Some of it seems to be a copyvio; there was suddenly a list of 30-40 links. I have reverted everything back to the 27 August version, as User:134.226.1.136's edits have so far been entirely unhelpful. He is invited to come back and work on the article in a more organised fashion (i.e. not saving every 5 minutes). JFW | T@lk 02:18, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Check the numbers please.
Just checked with the WHO, while reading The Economist and the numbers are different from the ones presented in this article. Please check the link below to see for yourself:
WHO Malaria numbers (http://www.rbm.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/015/372/RBMInfosheet_1.htm)
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Numbers
The number are slightly inaccurate. Malaria infects 300 million people per year and causes 1-3 million deaths per year. I'm new here. Should I just make this change in the article?
- Yes, you should. More so if you can back your numbers and reference it. It's also a good idea to sign your talk entries. Do the shortcut and sign with four ~~~~. Alex.tan 04:27, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Global burden of malaria. At the end of 2004, 107 countries and territories had areas at risk of malaria transmission. Some 3.2 billion people lived in areas at risk of malaria transmission. An estimated 350–500 million clinical malaria episodes occur annually; most of these are caused by infection with P. falciparum and P. vivax. Falciparum malaria causes more than 1 million deaths each year. It also contributes indirectly to many additional deaths, mainly in young children, through synergy with other infections and illnesses. World Malaria Report 2005 http://rbm.who.int/wmr2005/html/exsummary_en.htm Petersam 06:05, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Also see Infectious disease for 2002 and 1993 data; 2003 had 1.3 million deaths, 1993 was 2 million deaths. Petersam 06:14, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Malaria and syphilis
I read somewhere that malaria was used to "cure" syphilis - the fever made the person so hot that the latter disease was cooked out (being very a non-technical description). Was this actually the case?