Evolution of Infectious Disease
Published on 23. January 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-19-511139-2 (ISBN)
Description
This ground-breaking work is the first book to present a Darwinian perspective on infectious disease. It views disease-producing bacteria and viruses as parasites and explains the history of disease as a host-parasite relationship, one which can evolve in many different ways and with radically different effects on the host population. The author's evolutionary approach is interdisciplinary, drawing on theory and example from the fields of epidemiology, molecular genetics, biochemistry, physiology, evolutionary ecology, and the ecology of populations and communities.
Reviews / Votes
From reviews of the hardback: 'I have not picked up a book on infectious disease with so much anticipation as Paul Ewald's Evolution of Infectious Disease ^ 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.'Nature
'... this is a scholarly work, well-referenced, and up-to-date. Ewald has succeeded in producing an interesting and thought-provoking book.'
The Lancet
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
frontispiece, line figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
474 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511139-2 (9780195111392)
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Paul W. Ewald
Evolution of Infectious Disease
Book
03/1994
Oxford University Press Inc
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Paul W. Ewald
Evolution of Infectious Disease
E-Book
01/1994
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€48.49
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Paul W. Ewald
Evolution of Infectious Disease
E-Book
01/1994
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€48.49
Available for download
Person
Paul W. Ewald is a professor and Chair of the Biology Department at Amherst College, and holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has been named the first George E. Burch Fellow of Theoretic Medicine and Affiliated Sciences, a position awarded by the Smithsonian Institution and hosted by the Smithsonian Tropical Institute.
Content
1. Why this book? ; 2. Symptomatic Treatment (or How to Bind the The Origin of Species to The Physician's Desk Reference ; 3. Vectors, Vertical Transmission, and the Evolution of Virulence ; 4. How to be Severe Without Vectors ; 5. When Water Moves Like a Mosquito ; 6. Attendant-Borne Transmission (or How are Doctors and Nurses like Mosquitos, Machetes, and Moving Water?) ; 7. War and Disease ; 8. AIDS: Where Did it Come from and Where is it Going? ; 9. The Fight against AIDS: Biomedical Strategies and HIV's Evolutionary Responses ; 10. A Look Backward ... ; 11. ... and a Glimpse Forward (Or Who Needs Darwin?) ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Index