Resistance : the human struggle against infection / by Norbert Gualde ; translated by Steven Rendall.
- Gualde, Norbert.
- Date:
- [2006], ©2006
- Books
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
Location Status History of MedicineFF /GUAOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 1932594000
- 9781932594003