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Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber
| Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber |
| Autore | Webber Roger |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 177 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 616.9 |
| Soggetto topico | Communicable diseases - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-78064-685-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The sexual revolution -- Out of Africa -- Host/parasite interaction -- Using a vector -- The great plagues -- Missionaries of death -- The slave trade in parasites -- Eden's garden of South America -- A glass of water -- The great war -- Man's best friend? -- The animal connection -- Not clean -- Too clean -- The food we eat -- Cancer -- Climate change and population movements -- Disappeared and emergent diseases -- The future. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480174003321 |
Webber Roger
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| Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber
| Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber |
| Autore | Webber Roger |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.4 |
| Soggetto topico | Communicable diseases - History |
| ISBN | 1-78064-684-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Disease Selection: The Way Disease Changed the World; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: The Sexual Revolution; Origin of Life; Complex Life; Natural History of Disease; Two Sexes; 2: Out of Africa; Human Origins; The First Diseases; Genetic Diversity; Disease Selection and Race; 3: Host/Parasite Interaction; Effect of the Parasite; Malaria as a Complex Disease; Amphibiosis; Host Response; Human Endogenous Retroviruses; Vaccination; A Balance between Nature and Disease; 4: Using a Vector; Anopheline Mosquitoes; Culicine Mosquitoes
Filariasis and Its ControlThe Tsetse Fly and Sleeping Sickness; Plague and the Flea; Typhus and Its Vectors; Ticks; Vectors and Disease Selection; 5: The Great Plagues; The Black Death; Smallpox; Changing History; 6: Missionaries of Death; Samoa; Fiji; Nauru; Africa; The Value of Immunity; 7: The Slave Trade in Parasites; Hookworm Disease; Schistosomiasis; Filariasis in the New World; The Jigger; Other Movements of Slaves; 8: Eden's Garden of South America; The Peopling of America; Introduction of Old World Diseases; Malaria in South America; Yellow Fever; Chagas' Disease; 9: A Glass of Water CholeraTyphoid; Prevention; 10: The Great War; 11: Man's Best Friend?; Rabies; Hydatid Disease; Toxocariasis; Toxoplasmosis; Beef and Pork Tapeworms; Anthrax; Brucellosis; Reducing the Risk; 12: The Animal Connection; Animal Origins; HIV Infection; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; Bats; Cross-species Transmission; 13: Not Clean; Neonatal Tetanus; Trachoma; Yaws and Syphilis; Handwashing; Education; 14: Too Clean; Poliomyelitis; Allergic Conditions; Immune Stimulation; 15: The Food We Eat; Dietary Fibre; Balanced Diet; Infant Feeds and Breast Milk; Cow's Milk Fish OilAntioxidants; Mediterranean Diet; Obesity Promotion; Food Poisoning; Campylobacter; Salmonella and food contamination; 16: Cancer; Cancer Incidence; Cancer Prevention; 17: Climate Change and Population Movements; Effects on Diseases; Urbanization; Population Movements; 18: Disappeared and Emergent Diseases; European Malaria; The English Sweat; Eradication Programmes; New Diseases; 19: The Future; Obesity; Influenza; Ebola; Antimicrobial Resistance; Epilogue; 20: Conclusions; Resource Material and Suggested Further Reading; General Reading; Introduction; Chapter 1; Web resources Chapter 2Chapter 3; Web resources; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Web resources; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Web resources; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Web resources; Chapter 10; Web resources; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Web resources; Chapter 16; Web resources; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Web resources; Chapter 19; Web resources; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910627298503321 |
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Webber Roger
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| Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber
| Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber |
| Autore | Webber Roger |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 177 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 616.9 |
| Soggetto topico | Communicable diseases - History |
| ISBN | 1-78064-685-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The sexual revolution -- Out of Africa -- Host/parasite interaction -- Using a vector -- The great plagues -- Missionaries of death -- The slave trade in parasites -- Eden's garden of South America -- A glass of water -- The great war -- Man's best friend? -- The animal connection -- Not clean -- Too clean -- The food we eat -- Cancer -- Climate change and population movements -- Disappeared and emergent diseases -- The future. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795372203321 |
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Webber Roger
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| Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber
| Disease selection : the way disease changed the world / / Roger Webber |
| Autore | Webber Roger |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 177 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 616.9 |
| Soggetto topico | Communicable diseases - History |
| ISBN | 1-78064-685-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The sexual revolution -- Out of Africa -- Host/parasite interaction -- Using a vector -- The great plagues -- Missionaries of death -- The slave trade in parasites -- Eden's garden of South America -- A glass of water -- The great war -- Man's best friend? -- The animal connection -- Not clean -- Too clean -- The food we eat -- Cancer -- Climate change and population movements -- Disappeared and emergent diseases -- The future. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808135203321 |
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Webber Roger
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| Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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