Infectious Diseases in Primates: Behavior, Ecology and Evolution
- ISBN-10
- 0198565844
- ISBN-13
- 9780198565840
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-04-27
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Charles Nunn, Sonia M. Altizer, Sonia Altizer
Description
1. Questions, Terminology, and Underlying Principles2. Diversity and Characteristics of Primate Parasites3. Primate Socioecology and Disease Risk- Predictions and Rationale4. Host-Parasite Dynamics and Epidemiological Principles5. Host Defenses- The Immune System and Behavioral Counterstrategies6. Infectious Disease and Primate Social Systems7. Parasites and Primate Conservation8. From Nonhuman Primates to Human Health and Evolution9. Concluding Remarks and Future Directions
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