| Description |
1 online resource (x, 142 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part one. The first transition -- part two. The second transition -- part three. The third transition |
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The prehistoric baseline -- Revolution and the domestication of pathogens -- Why germ theory didn't matter -- The worst of both worlds -- New diseases, raw and cooked -- inevitable resistance |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-135) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EBL platform, viewed October 17, 2014) |
| Subject |
Health transition.
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Pathogenic microorganisms -- Evolution
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Infection -- History
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Medical microbiology.
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Emerging infectious diseases -- Epidemiology
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- history
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Infections -- history
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Social Determinants of Health -- history
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Epidemiologic Factors
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Emerging infectious diseases -- Epidemiology
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Health transition
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Infection
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Medical microbiology
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Armelagos, George J., author
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| LC no. |
2013936271 |
| ISBN |
9780191507144 |
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0191507148 |
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1299833020 |
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9781299833029 |
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