UID:
almafu_9961565593602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (518 pages) :
,
illustrations, maps
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781421446370
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1-4214-4637-5
Inhalt:
"This book invites the reader to explore the chains of improbable events that can mold a long unknown pathogen into an agent of distress and tragedy for humanity"--
Anmerkung:
Preface -- Part I: On the Origin of Plagues 1. Parasites, Pathogens and the Tree of Life ; 2. The Red Queen and the Court Jester ; 3. Heirlooms and Souvenirs ; 4. New Alliances and Painful Scars -- Part II: The Ghosts of Plagues Past. 5. Medieval Outcasts ; 6. Cryptic Plagues ; 7. Disease Conquests ; 8. Conquering Diseases -- Part III: Emergence. 9. Heavy Harvests ; 10. Going Global ; 11. Tipping Points -- Epilogue: One Health and the Mad Hatter.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Reperant, Leslie Fatal Jump Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,c2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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