A clear, concise discourse of 300 years of malarial drug research.

• Presents a historical overview of antimalarial medicines and examines future challenges in the discovery and development of effective treatments and control strategies.
• Provides new perspectives on the creative process of drug discovery and the challenges of overcoming drug resistance.
• Discusses the use of larvicides, bednets, and DDT as well as recombinant DNA and monoclonal antibodies to block malaria transmission from mosquitoes to humans.
• Serves as a resource for microbiologists, parasitologists, pharmacologists, medicinal chemists, biochemists, physicians, and drug researchers.