The ten-thousand year fever : rethinking human and wild-primate malarias /
"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 bi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Walnut Creek, Calif. :
Left Coast Press,
[2011]
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| Series: | New frontiers in historical ecology.
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| Summary: | "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"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 241 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-226) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781598744828 (hardback) 1598744828 (hardback) 9781598744835 (paperback) 1598744836 (paperback) |