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The Social Ecology of Infectious Diseases.

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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mayer, Kenneth H.
Otros Autores: Pizer, H. F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Elsevier, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front cover; The social ecology of infectious diseases; Copyright page; Dedications; Contents; About the editors; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: What constitutes the social ecology of infectious diseases?; Chapter 1 Travel; Chapter 2 Changing sexual mores and disease transmission; Chapter 3 The international drug epidemic; Chapter 4 Urbanization and the social ecology of emerging infectious diseases; Chapter 5 Suburbanization in developed nations; Chapter 6 The social ecology of infectious disease transmission in day-care centers.