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Author: Rev’d. Dr. Wayne Melrose
ISBN 0-9579788-4-7
This review on lymphatic filariasis by Dr Wayne Melrose has come at an opportune time. The Global Program for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was launched by the World Health Organization in 1997 as a public/private sector partnership organized as a “Global Alliance”, the object being to eliminate lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem by the year 2020. The program is in its 5th year of operation and recent advances in the diagnosis of infection, prevention of transmission and treatment of infection has generated considerable expectations of the success of the control program among endemic countries. A good review of any disease should give the reader a comprehensive understanding of the “state of the art” in the subject and discuss areas that need further study and research. Dr Wayne Melrose has accomplished this admirably well as he takes us through the history, biology, epidemiology, immunology, disease pathogenesis, socio-economic impact, diagnosis, control and treatment of this important tropical disease. His wide field experience, particularly in Papua New Guinea, is reflected throughout the book and it brings with it the reality of the situation and the challenges faced when one is dealing with such a complex disease. This review should be compulsory reading for all researchers, students and tropical medicine practitioners and others who are keen to learn more about lymphatic filariasis.
Professor Dato
Dr C.P. Ramachandran
Kuala Lumpur
ISBN 0-9579788-4-7
This review on lymphatic filariasis by Dr Wayne Melrose has come at an opportune time. The Global Program for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was launched by the World Health Organization in 1997 as a public/private sector partnership organized as a “Global Alliance”, the object being to eliminate lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem by the year 2020. The program is in its 5th year of operation and recent advances in the diagnosis of infection, prevention of transmission and treatment of infection has generated considerable expectations of the success of the control program among endemic countries. A good review of any disease should give the reader a comprehensive understanding of the “state of the art” in the subject and discuss areas that need further study and research. Dr Wayne Melrose has accomplished this admirably well as he takes us through the history, biology, epidemiology, immunology, disease pathogenesis, socio-economic impact, diagnosis, control and treatment of this important tropical disease. His wide field experience, particularly in Papua New Guinea, is reflected throughout the book and it brings with it the reality of the situation and the challenges faced when one is dealing with such a complex disease. This review should be compulsory reading for all researchers, students and tropical medicine practitioners and others who are keen to learn more about lymphatic filariasis.
Professor Dato
Dr C.P. Ramachandran
Kuala Lumpur
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