Disease selection : the way disease changed the world /

• Main Author: Webber, Roger, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2015.
• Subjects: Communicable diseases > Epidemiology.; Communicable Diseases > history.; Host-Pathogen Interactions.; History and Biography.; Pets and Companion Animals.; Meteorology and Climate.; Biological Resources (General); Food Contamination, Residues and Toxicology.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000); Public Health Pests, Vectors and Intermediate Hosts, (New March 2000); Human Health and the Environment.; Taxonomy and Evolution.; Bacterial diseases.; Climate.; Climate change.; Disease distribution.; Disease transmission.; Disease vectors.; Epidemiology.; Evolution.; Foodborne diseases.; Foods.; Geographical distribution.; Helminthoses.; Helminths.; History.; Host parasite relationships.; Hosts.; Human diseases.; Hygiene.; Infections.; Infectious diseases.; Neoplasms.; Parasites.; Parasitoses.; Pathogens.; Pets.; Protozoal infections.; Public health.; Spread.; Vector-borne diseases.; Viral diseases.; World.; Zoonoses.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 177 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book contains 20 chapters covering a range of infectious diseases, as well as a few non-infectious diseases such as cancer, and how they greatly affected the course of human history. It explores host-pathogen relationship, transmission routes, evolution, and global spread of infectious diseases including numerous viral, bacterial, protozoal, and helminth infections. It also covers the contribution of pets (dogs and cats), food, hygiene, and climate change in the spread of infectious diseases. This book is a valuable resource for students, practitioners and researchers working in global health and anyone interested in the understanding of the basis of disease.