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The ten-thousand year fever : rethinking human and wild primate malarias / Loretta A Cormier.

By: Series: New frontiers in historical ecologyPublication details: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, 2011.Description: 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781598744828 (alk. paper)
  • 9781598744835 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.5/32 22
LOC classification:
  • RA644.M2 C587 2011
Other classification:
  • SOC002020 | MED022000 | MED103000
Contents:
Machine 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.
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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Book Book NMC Library Stacks RA644 .M2 C587 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001213650

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-226) and index.

"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.

Machine 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.

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