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001 2011009013
003 DLC
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008 110405s2011 cau 000 0 eng
010 $a 2011009013
020 $a9781598744828 (hardback)
020 $a9781598744835 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRA644.M2$bC587 2011
082 00 $a614.5/32$222
084 $aSOC002020$aMED022000$aMED103000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aCormier, Loretta A.
245 14 $aThe ten-thousand year fever :$brethinking human and wild primate malarias /$cLoretta A Cormier.
260 $aWalnut Creek, CA :$bLeft Coast Press,$c2011.
263 $a1107
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aNew frontiers in historical ecology
520 $a"Malaria is one of the oldest recorded diseases in human history, and its 10,000-year relationship to primates can teach us why it will be one of the most serious threats to humanity in the 21st century. In this pathbreaking book Loretta Cormier integrates a wide range of data from molecular biology, ethnoprimatology, epidemiology, ecology, anthropology, and other fields to reveal the intimate relationships between culture and environment that shape the trajectory of a parasite. She argues against the entrenched distinction between human and non-human malarias, using ethnoprimatology to develop a new understanding of cross-species exchange. She also shows how current human-environment interactions, including deforestation and development, create the potential for new forms of malaria to threaten human populations. This book is a model of interdisciplinary integration that will be essential reading in fields from anthropology and biology to public health"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Preface 1. Malaria as a Primate Disorder 2. Co-Evolution: Parasites, Vectors, and Hosts 3. Falciparum-Type: The Chimpanzee Malaria 4. Vivax-Type: The Macaque Malaria 5. Migration: Malaria in the New World 6. Rhesus Factor: Experimental Studies in Wild Primates 7. Ethics: Human Experimentation 8. Future: The Primate Malaria Landscape Appendix I. Plasmodia Parasites and their Natural Primate Hosts Appendix II. Experimentally-Induced Plasmodium Cross-Infections into Novel Hosts Appendix III. Naturally-Acquired Cross-Infections with Novel Malaria Parasites Appendix IV. Primate Species and All Infections with Plasmodium Parasites References Index.
650 0 $aMalaria.
650 0 $aMedical parasitology.
650 0 $aPrimates$xDiseases.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aMEDICAL / Diseases$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aMEDICAL / Parasitology$2bisacsh.