People, Parasites, and Plowshares : Learning From Our Body's Most Terrifying Invaders /
Despommier, Dickson D.
People, Parasites, and Plowshares : Learning From Our Body's Most Terrifying Invaders / Dickson Despommier. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (241 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. This New House: Trichinella spiralis; 2. Hooked on Parasites: Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus; 3. Houdini's Nefarious Cousins: The Trypanosomes, the Schistosomes, and the Lymphatic Filariae; 4. A Parasite for All Seasons: Toxoplasma gondii; 5. The Unholy Trinity: Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the Hookworms; 6. The Long and the Short of It: Tapeworms- Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Diphyllobothrium latum, Echinococcus granulosus, and Echinococcus multilocularis. 7. All's Well That Ends Wells: Dracunculus medinensis8. Nature Has All the Answers. What's Your Question?; Glossary; Further Reading; Index.
Dickson D. Despommier's vivid, visceral account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites follows the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. He focuses on long-term host-parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert the human immune system. Some do great damage to their hosts, while others have signed a kind of?peace treaty" in exchange for their long lives within them. They also, Despommier shows as he discusses these organisms with the reader, practice clever survival strategies that doctors hope to mimic.
In English.
9780231535267 (electronic bk.) 0231535260 (electronic bk.) 9780231161947 0231161948
10.7312/desp16194 doi
22573/ctt3cm87j JSTOR C15CA16E-8C87-45B2-8C6F-B2AFEB3C0213 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2012050589
Parasites--Popular works.
Host-parasite relationships--Popular works.
Parasitology.
Parasitic diseases.
Host-parasite relationships.
Parasites.
Parasitic Diseases
Host-Parasite Interactions
Parasites
Parasitology--history
Parasitology
Parasites--Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Relations hôte-parasite--Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Parasitologie.
Maladies parasitaires.
Relations hôte-parasite.
Parasites.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--General.
NATURE--Animals--Wildlife.
SCIENCE--Microscopes & Microscopy.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Anatomy & Physiology.
Host-parasite relationships.
Parasites.
Parasitology.
Electronic books.
Popular Work
Electronic books.
Popular works.
QL757
578.65 591.5249
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People, Parasites, and Plowshares : Learning From Our Body's Most Terrifying Invaders / Dickson Despommier. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (241 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. This New House: Trichinella spiralis; 2. Hooked on Parasites: Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus; 3. Houdini's Nefarious Cousins: The Trypanosomes, the Schistosomes, and the Lymphatic Filariae; 4. A Parasite for All Seasons: Toxoplasma gondii; 5. The Unholy Trinity: Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the Hookworms; 6. The Long and the Short of It: Tapeworms- Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Diphyllobothrium latum, Echinococcus granulosus, and Echinococcus multilocularis. 7. All's Well That Ends Wells: Dracunculus medinensis8. Nature Has All the Answers. What's Your Question?; Glossary; Further Reading; Index.
Dickson D. Despommier's vivid, visceral account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites follows the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. He focuses on long-term host-parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert the human immune system. Some do great damage to their hosts, while others have signed a kind of?peace treaty" in exchange for their long lives within them. They also, Despommier shows as he discusses these organisms with the reader, practice clever survival strategies that doctors hope to mimic.
In English.
9780231535267 (electronic bk.) 0231535260 (electronic bk.) 9780231161947 0231161948
10.7312/desp16194 doi
22573/ctt3cm87j JSTOR C15CA16E-8C87-45B2-8C6F-B2AFEB3C0213 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2012050589
Parasites--Popular works.
Host-parasite relationships--Popular works.
Parasitology.
Parasitic diseases.
Host-parasite relationships.
Parasites.
Parasitic Diseases
Host-Parasite Interactions
Parasites
Parasitology--history
Parasitology
Parasites--Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Relations hôte-parasite--Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Parasitologie.
Maladies parasitaires.
Relations hôte-parasite.
Parasites.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--General.
NATURE--Animals--Wildlife.
SCIENCE--Microscopes & Microscopy.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Anatomy & Physiology.
Host-parasite relationships.
Parasites.
Parasitology.
Electronic books.
Popular Work
Electronic books.
Popular works.
QL757
578.65 591.5249
QX 4