The Social Ecology of Infectious Diseases.

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Social Ecology of Infectious Diseases explores how human activities enable microbes to disseminate and evolve, thereby creating favorable conditions for the diverse manifestations of communicable diseases. Today, infectious and parasitic diseases cause about one-third of deaths and are the second le...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mayer, Kenneth H.
Otros Autores: Pizer, H. F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Elsevier, 2007.
Temas:
Communicable diseases.
Epidemics.
Social ecology.
Communicable diseases > Transmission.
Communicable Diseases
Social Environment
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Epidemics
Maladies infectieuses.
Écologie sociale.
Maladies infectieuses > Transmission.
Épidémies.
human ecology.
epidemics.
Communicable diseases
Communicable diseases > Transmission
Social ecology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Social Ecology of Infectious Diseases explores how human activities enable microbes to disseminate and evolve, thereby creating favorable conditions for the diverse manifestations of communicable diseases. Today, infectious and parasitic diseases cause about one-third of deaths and are the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The speed that changes in human behavior can produce epidemics is well illustrated by AIDS, but this is only one of numerous microbial threats whose severity and spread are determined by human behaviors. In this book, forty experts in the fields of infectious.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (523 pages)
ISBN:9780080557144
0080557147
1281144746
9781281144744

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