| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 142 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-135) and index. |
| Contents |
Part one. The first transition -- part two. The second transition -- part three. The third transition. |
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The prehistoric baseline -- Revolution and the domestication of pathogens -- Why germ theory didn't matter -- The worst of both worlds -- New diseases, raw and cooked -- inevitable resistance. |
| Summary |
This book traces the social and environmental determinants of human infectious diseases from the Neolithic to the present day. Despite recent high profile discoveries of new pathogens, the major determinants of these emerging infections are ancient and recurring. These include changing modes of subsistence, shifting populations, environmental disruptions, and social inequalities. The recent labeling of the term ""re-emerging infections"" reflects a re-emergence, not so much of the diseases themselves, but rather a re-emerging awareness in affluent societies of long-standing problems that were previously ignored. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Health transition.
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Health transition. |
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Pathogenic microorganisms -- Evolution.
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Pathogenic microorganisms. |
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Evolution. |
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Infection -- History.
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Infection. |
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History. |
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Medical microbiology.
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Medical microbiology. |
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Emerging infectious diseases -- Epidemiology.
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Emerging infectious diseases -- Epidemiology. |
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Emerging infectious diseases. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Armelagos, George J., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Barrett, Ron. Unnatural history of emerging infections. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013 x, 142 pages 9780199608294 (DLC) 2013936271 (OCoLC)837528212 |
| ISBN |
9780191507144 (electronic book) |
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0191507148 (electronic book) |
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9780199608294 |
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0199608296 |
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