From Follett "A Sarah Crichton book.";Includes bibliographical references (page 245-294) and index.;Malaria at our doorstep -- Birth of a killer -- Swept in malaria's current -- Malarial ecologies -- Pharmacological failure -- The karma of malaria -- Scientific solutions -- The disappeared: how malaria vanished from the West -- The spray-gun war -- The secret in the mosquito. The author chronicles the history of malaria and it's effect on humankind for thousands of years, describing why science has not been able to eradicate the disease.