TY  - BOOK
AU  - Despommier,Dickson D.
TI  - People, Parasites, and Plowshares: Learning From Our Body's Most Terrifying Invaders 
SN  - 9780231535267
AV  - QL757 
U1  - 578.65591.5249 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Parasites
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Host-parasite relationships
KW  - Parasitology
KW  - Parasitic diseases
KW  - Parasitic Diseases
KW  - Host-Parasite Interactions
KW  - history
KW  - Ouvrages de vulgarisation
KW  - Relations hôte-parasite
KW  - Parasitologie
KW  - Maladies parasitaires
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Zoology
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Animals
KW  - Wildlife
KW  - Microscopes & Microscopy
KW  - Anatomy & Physiology
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Popular Work
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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