The Primate Zoonoses: Culture Change and Emerging Diseases

ISBN-13: 9780367607326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 142 str.

Loretta a. Cormier; Pauline E. Jolly

Opis

This book offers an accessible and up-to-date reference on primate zoonoses. Recent years have witnessed a rise in human diseases zoonotically transferred from animals, with wild primates implicated in the spread of numerous newly emerging infections. The authors go beyond simply providing an inventory of diseases, helping readers to understand

Spis treści

Preface  1. The Ecological Context  2. Viruses  3. Protozoa  4. Bacteria  5. Helminths  6. Concluding Remarks  References

O autorze

Loretta A. Cormier is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alabama, USA.

Pauline E. Jolly is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology (School of Public Health) at the University of Alabama, USA.