The Ten-Thousand Year Fever - Couverture souple

Cormier, Loretta A

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1598744836 ISBN 13 : 9781598744835

Editeur : Routledge, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 relationships between culture and environment that shape the trajectory of a parasite. She argues against the entrenched distinction between human and non-human malarias, using ethnoprimatology to develop a new understanding of cross-species exchange. She also shows how current human-environment interactions, including deforestation and development, create the potential for new forms of malaria to threaten human populations. This book is a model of interdisciplinary integration that will be essential reading in fields from anthropology and biology to public health.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1598744836
• ISBN 13: 9781598744835
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 242