Evolution of infectious disease /

Findings from the field of evolutionary biology are yielding dramatic insights for health scientists, especially those involved in the fight against infectious diseases. This book is the first in-depth presentation of these insights. In detailing why the pathogens that cause malaria, smallpox, tuber...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ewald, Paul W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Temas:
Host-parasite relationships.
Communicable diseases.
Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Electronic books.
Communicable Diseases > etiology
Biological Evolution
Host-Parasite Interactions
Communicable Diseases
Relations hôte-parasite.
Maladies infectieuses.
Évolution.
Évolution (Biologie)
Livres numériques.
evolution.
e-books.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Contagious.
Communicable diseases
Evolution
Host-parasite relationships
Maladies transmissibles > étiologie.
Interactions hôte-parasite.
Epidemiologie
Infektionskrankheit
Wirt
Parasit
Besmettelijke ziekten.
Parasitisme.
Evolutie.
Évolution (biologie)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why this book?
  • Symptomatic treatment (or how to bind the origin of species to the physician's desk reference)
  • Vectors, vertical transmission and the evolution of virulence
  • How to be severe without vectors
  • When water moves like a mosquito
  • Attendant-borne transmission (or how are doctors and nurses like mosquitoes, machetes and moving water?)
  • War and virulence
  • AIDS: where did it come from and where is it going?
  • Fight against AIDS: biomedical strategies and HIV's evolutionary responses
  • A look backward
  • A glimpse forward (or who needs Darwin).

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