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Evolution of Infectious Disease

The author brings a Darwinian perspective to the study of infectious disease. He argues that disease-producing bacteria and viruses are parasites, and explains the history of disease as a host-parasite relationship, one which can evolve in many different ways and with radically different effects on the host population.

Contents

1. Why this book?; 2. Symptomatic Treatment (or How to Bind the The Origin of Species to The Physician's Desk Reference; 3. Vectors, Vertical Transmission, and the Evolution of Virulence; 4. How to be Severe Without Vectors; 5. When Water Moves Like a Mosquito; 6. Attendant-Borne Transmission (or How are Doctors and Nurses like Mosquitos, Machetes, and Moving Water?); 7. War and Disease; 8. AIDS: Where Did it Come from and Where is it Going?; 9. The Fight against AIDS: Biomedical Strategies and HIV's Evolutionary Responses; 10. A Look Backward ..; 11. ... and a Glimpse Forward (Or Who Needs Darwin?); GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Specifications

Pm Supplier	OUP /Oxford University Press Distribution
Pm Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pm Isbn 10	019506058X
Pm Isbn 13	9780195060584
Pm Publication Date	1994-03-24
Pm Width	156
Pm Height	19
Pm Author	Ewald, Paul W
Pm Longness	234

Key Info: Figs, tabs
Author: Ewald, Paul W
Page Count: 298
Publication Date: 1994-03-24