1st Edition
The Ten-Thousand Year Fever Rethinking Human and Wild-Primate Malarias
By Loretta A Cormier
Copyright 2011
241 Pages
by
Routledge
241 Pages
by
Routledge
241 Pages
by
Routledge
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Malaria is one of the oldest recorded diseases in human history, and its 10,000-year relationship to primates can teach us why it will be one of the most serious threats to humanity in the 21st century. In this pathbreaking book Loretta Cormier integrates a wide range of data from molecular biology, ethnoprimatology, epidemiology, ecology, anthropology, and other fields to reveal the intimate... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction: Malaria as a Primate Disorder; Chapter 2 Co-Evolution: Parasites, Vectors, and Hosts; Chapter 3 Falciparum Type: The Great Ape Malaria; Chapter 4 Vivax Type: The Macaque Malaria; Chapter 5 Migration: Malaria in the New World; Chapter 6 Rhesus Factor: Experimental Studies in Wild-Primates; Chapter 7 Ethics: Human Experimentation; Chapter 8 Future: The Primate Malaria Landscape;
Biography
Loretta A. Cormier
