Resistance : the human struggle against infection / by Norbert Gualde ; translated by Steven Rendall.

  • Gualde, Norbert.
Date:
[2006], ©2006
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About this work

Also known as

Microbes aussi ont une histoire. English
Human struggle against infection

Publication/Creation

Washington, D.C. : Dana Press, [2006], ©2006.

Physical description

xii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-194) and index.

Contents

Histories of epidemics: relationships between the immunities of populations and the environment -- The emergence of new diseases -- The return of old diseases and persistent diseases -- The immunity of homo sapiens: from the individual to the group, from biology to culture -- Gaia or chaos.

Language note

Translated from the French.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FF /GUA
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ISBN

  • 1932594000
  • 9781932594003