The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years »

In recent years, malaria has emerged as a cause c l bre for voguish philanthropists. Bill Gates, Bono, and Laura Bush are only a few of the personalities who have lent their ...

The New York Times - Abigail Zuger

Human history marches to the beat of what? A big brass band? A choir singing hymns? The lub-dub of the human heart? Sonia Shah's tour-de-force history of malaria will convince you that the real soundtrack to our collective fate is none of these: it is the syncopated whine-slap, whine-slap of man and mosquito duking it out over the eons…Ms. Shah…has performed a real public service in telling the story of malaria with all the drama, intrigue and human interest left intact.