Eminent biologist Ewald challenges conventional medical thought with the thesis that germs, more than our genes, cause the most important maladies of our time, including heart attacks, strokes, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, and cancers.
This ground-breaking work is the first book to present a Darwinian perspective on infectious disease. It views disease-producing bacteria and viruses as parasites and explains the history of disease as a host-parasite relationship, one which can evolve in many different ways and with radically different effects on the host population. The author's ...
Faced with mounting evidence that 'stealth germs' are at the root of numerous health problems, Dr. Erno Daniel provides the first-ever medical reference book on the subject for the general public. Dr. Daniel is a recognised expert in the field who specialises in diagnosing such illnesses. Organised by type of germ and where in the body each ...
The Black Death in Europe, from its arrival in 1347-52 through successive waves into the early modern period, has been seriously misunderstood. It is clear from the compelling evidence presented in this revolutionary account that the Black Death was almost any disease other than the rat-based bubonic plague whose bacillus was discovered in 1894. ...
This volume, compiled by two of the leading experts in the field, provides the specialist and trainee in microbiology, infectious disease, infection control, and epidemiology with a concise, timely and authoritative review of some of the most problematic infections of the new century. This volume will foster a better understanding of the issues ...
"Transplant Infections" is designed to be a practical reference covering the common and more unusual infections following bone marrow/stem cell and solid organ transplant. It provides a comprehensive review of epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of opportunistic infections and focuses on the clinical concerns of the practitioner. New to the ...
The study of infectious diseases has undergone major changes since its infancy when it was largely a documentation of epidemics. It has now evolved into a dynamic phenomenon involving the ecology of the infectious agent, pathogenesis in the host, reservoirs and vetors, as well as the complex mechanisms concerned in the spread of infection and the ...
This volume reviews both those reproductive tract infections whose impact on pregnancy are clear and that are relatively well studied, as well as those reported more recently and whose adverse impacts, such as low birth weight and prematurity, are less clear. It reviews the existing knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and adverse ...
Drawing attention to the influence of environments on the incidence, aetiology and outcome of infectious diseases, the author explores diseases such as mumps, rubella, influenza, tuberculosis and dermatologic infections around the world. The emphasis throughout is on the effect that global warming may exert on epidemiology world-wide.
Plagues on Our Doorstep offers a straightforward framework that explains why infectious diseases appear when and where they do. Drawing on examples of key emerging infections this book makes sense of the variety of perils we face from the unseen worlds of viruses, bacteria and other infectious agents. About the AuthorJason Eberhart-Phillips, MD, ...
The book considers the continuing and increasing importance of a range of infectious diseases not only in countries of the developing world, but also in the developed world. The emphasis throughout is on the effect that global warming may exert on their epidemiology world-wide. The final chapter takes a look into the future of infectious diseases ...
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