Barrett, Ron and Armelagos, George J.
An Unnatural History of Emerging Infections Ron Barrett; George J Armelagos - 1st - Oxford Oxford University Press 2013 - 142 Pages 24X17 cm HB
Include Illustrations and Index
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.
9780199608294
Communicable diseases
Emerging infectious diseases--Epidemiology
Infection
616.909
An Unnatural History of Emerging Infections Ron Barrett; George J Armelagos - 1st - Oxford Oxford University Press 2013 - 142 Pages 24X17 cm HB
Include Illustrations and Index
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.
9780199608294
Communicable diseases
Emerging infectious diseases--Epidemiology
Infection
616.909