Bugs in Armor: A Tale of Malaria and Soldiering
By Robert Bwire
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Bugs in Armor takes the reader on a historical journey of military expeditions and their encounters with a relentless bugthe malaria parasite. It is also a story of how this confrontation fuelled research that gave the world a better understanding of the nature of malaria, its treatment and prevention.
Robert Bwire
Robert Bwire was born in Uganda where he trained as a physician. He worked for the Infectious Diseases Control Unit of the Royal Netherlands Army and still does some consultation work for the unit. At present, Dr. Bwire is an epidemiologist with the Royal Netherlands Tuberculosis Association. He is also the author of numerous scientific articles.
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