Primates, Pathogens, and Evolution

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Acknowledgements.- 1. Primates, pathogens and evolution.- Section I Immunity and Primate Evolution.- 2. Vertebrate Immune system evolution and comparative primate immunity.- 3. Genetic variation in the immune system of Old World monkeys: functional and selective effects.- 4. Toll-like receptor function and evolution in primates.- 5. Impact of natural selection due to malarial disease on human genetic variation.- 6. Parasitic lice help to fill in the gaps of early hominid history.- Section II Emergence and Divergent Disease Manifestation.- 7. Treponema pallidum infection in Primates: Clinical Manifestations, Epidemiology, and Evolution of a Stealthy Pathogen.- 8. Molecular mimicry by -2 herpesviruses to modulate host cell signaling pathways.- 9. Neotropical primates and their susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii: new insights for an old problem.- 10. The Evolution of SIV in primates and the emergence of the pathogen of AIDS.- Section III Primates, Pathogens and Health.- 11. Microbial exposures and other early childhood influences on the subsequent function of the immune system.- 12. Make new friends and keep the old? Parasite coinfection and comorbidity in Homo sapiens.