The Ten-Thousand Year Fever : Rethinking Human and Wild-Primate Malarias.

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Author / Creator:	Cormier, Loretta A.
Imprint:	Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (243 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	New frontiers in historical ecology ; v. 2 New frontiers in historical ecology ; v. 2.
Subject:	Malaria. Medical parasitology. Primates -- Diseases. Protozoan Infections. Animal Diseases. Parasitic Diseases. Disease. Malaria. Primate Diseases. Malaria. Medical parasitology. Primates -- Diseases. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11279163

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ISBN:	9781611327977 1611327970 9781598744828 1598744828 9781598744835 1598744836
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Malaria is one of the oldest recorded diseases in human history, and its 10,000-year relationship to primates can teach us why it will be one of the most serious threats to humanity in the 21st century. In this pathbreaking book Loretta Cormier integrates a wide range of data from molecular biology, ethnoprimatology, epidemiology, ecology, anthropology, and other fields to reveal the intimate relationships between culture and environment that shape the trajectory of a parasite. She argues against the entrenched distinction between human and non-human malarias, using ethnoprimatology to develo.
Other form:	Print version: Cormier, Loretta A. Ten-Thousand Year Fever : Rethinking Human and Wild-Primate Malarias. Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, ©2011 9781598744828

Table of Contents:

Preface; 1. Introduction: Malaria as a Primate Disorder; 2. Co-Evolution: Parasites, Vectors, and Hosts; 3. Falciparum Type: The Great Ape Malaria; 4. Vivax Type: The Macaque Malaria; 5. Migration: Malaria in the New World; 6. Rhesus Factor: Experimental Studies in Wild Primates; 7. Ethics: Human Experimentation; 8. Future: The Primate Malaria Landscape; Appendix 1: Plasmodia Parasites and Their Natural Primate Hosts; Appendix 2: Experimentally Induced Plasmodium Cross-Infections into Novel Hosts; Appendix 3: Naturally Acquired Cross-Infections with Novel Malaria Parasites.
Appendix 4: Primate Species and All Infections with Plasmodium ParasitesReferences; Index; About the Author.

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