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Plague time : the new germ theory of diease
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Title
Plague time : the new germ theory of diease / Paul W. Ewald.
ISBN
0385721846 (pbk.) :
9780385721844 (pbk.)
Edition
1st Anchor books ed.
Published
New York : Anchor Books, 2002.
Physical Description
xxi, 282 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Previously published by New York : Free Press in 2000 with subtitle: How stealth infections cause cancers, heart disease, and other deadly ailments.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 10, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface to the Anchor Books edition
Introduction : the culprits
pt. 1. A sphere of infection : the approach of evolutionary medicine
1. The virulence of acute infections
2. The long fuse of sexually transmitted diseases
3. The stealth of the chronic
4. The magnificent defense
pt. 2. Infectious threats now : on guard against the acute, blindsided by the chronic
5. The endless war
6. where are they coming from?
7. Malignant growths in our backyard
8. Our vulnerable hearts and minds
9. Diseases of blood and steel
10. Modern miasmas
pt. 3. Beyond the fear of infection : managing microbes
11. Reverberations across society
. 12. Biobombs
13. The protean opponents
14. Tools of domestication
15. The prepared mind
Notes
Glossary
Suggestions for further reading
Acknowledgments
Index.
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