The Ten-Thousand Year Fever: Rethinking Human and Wild-Primate Malarias

ISBN-13: 9781598744835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 241 str.

Loretta A. Cormier

Opis

Cormier integrates a wide range of data from molecular biology, ethnoprimatology, epidemiology, ecology, and other fields to show how culture and environment have shaped the history of malaria and will make it one of the most serious threats to humanity in the 21st century.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction: Malaria as a Primate Disorder; Chapter 2 Co-Evolution: Parasites, Vectors, and Hosts; Chapter 3 Falciparum Type: The Great Ape Malaria; Chapter 4 Vivax Type: The Macaque Malaria; Chapter 5 Migration: Malaria in the New World; Chapter 6 Rhesus Factor: Experimental Studies in Wild-Primates; Chapter 7 Ethics: Human Experimentation; Chapter 8 Future: The Primate Malaria Landscape;

O autorze

Loretta A. Cormier