Evolution of Infectious Disease

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Of interest to professionals in health science, epidemiology, and evolutionary biology, but also accessible to general readers. * SciTech Book News, June 1994 * I have not picked up a book on infectious disease with so much anticipation as Paul Ewald's Evolution of Infectious Disease since reading William McNeil's Plagues and Peoples more than 15 years ago. I was not disappointed: Ewald's book is as teeming with ideas as some of us are with microbes. Evolution of Infectious Disease is a challenging and readable introduction to current thinking on the topic. * Robin A. Weiss, Nature, Vol. 373, 1994 * very interesting book ... well written book that should be of interest to the educated layperson as well as the evolutionary reasercher and the medical profession. Ewald presents a great deal of grist to chew on providing a lot of documented research on some of his theories and observations. There is a 70-page list of references that would keep any skeptic busy in looking up historical information. For the AIDS researcher, looking into the evolutionary route of the disease should not be overlooked ... recommended for public, academic, and medical libraries. * AIDS Book Review Journal * ... this is a scholarly work, well-referenced, and up-to-date. Ewald has succeeded in producing an interesting and thought-provoking book. * Jonathan Cohen, The Lancet, Dec '94 * Evolution of Infectious Disease is a challenging and readable introduction to current thinking on the topic. As an experimental, laboratory-based virologist, I certainly found it stimulating. * Robin W. Weiss, Nature, Vol. 372, November 1994 * Ewald's book is as teeming with ideas as some of us are with microbes ... a challenging and readable introduction to current thinking on the topic ... I certainly found it stimulating. Ewald has plenty of pithy aphorisms. * Robin A. Weiss, Nature, Vol. 372 1994 *