Primates, Pathogens, and Evolution
The immune systems of humans and non-human primates have diverged such that these animals show inter- and intra-species variation in susceptibility, symptoms,�and survival of particular infectious diseases. Variation in primate immunity is such that some major human pathogens - such as immunodeficie...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Series: | Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects ;
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7181-3 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Primates, pathogens and evolution
- Section I Immunity and Primate Evolution
- 2. Vertebrate Immune system evolution and comparative primate immunity
- 3. Genetic variation in the immune system of Old World monkeys: functional and selective effects
- 4. Toll-like receptor function and evolution in primates
- 5. Impact of natural selection due to malarial disease on human genetic variation
- 6. Parasitic lice help to fill in the gaps of early hominid history
- Section II Emergence and Divergent Disease Manifestation
- 7. Treponema pallidum infection in Primates: Clinical Manifestations, Epidemiology, and Evolution of a Stealthy Pathogen
- 8. Molecular mimicry by g-2 herpesviruses to modulate host cell signaling pathways
- 9. Neotropical primates and their susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii: new insights for an old problem
- 10. The Evolution of SIV in primates and the emergence of the pathogen of AIDS
- Section III Primates, Pathogens and Health
- 11. Microbial exposures and other early childhood influences on the subsequent function of the immune system
- 12. Make new friends and keep the old? Parasite coinfection and comorbidity in Homo sapiens.