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New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers
Tales of Parasites and People
Häftad, 1987
174 kr
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A while ago, DDT and the antimalarial drug chloroquine seemed sure to make us all safe from such invisible assault.It was not to be. The mosquito has become resistant to DDT; malaria is on the rise; although tapeworms rarely turn up any longer in the most lovingly prepared New York City gefilte …
Thorn in the Starfish
The Immune System and How It Works
Häftad, 1988
287 kr
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Dr. Desowitz describes the revolutionary discoveries made by Jenner, Pasteur, Metchnikoff, and Ehrlich and what we know about immunology today. His topics include the role of nutrition, the challenge of developing an AIDS vaccine, and the potential of genetic-engineering techniques.
Malaria Capers
Tales of Parasites and People
Häftad, 1993
309 kr
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Why, Robert S. Desowitz asks, has biotechnical research on malaria produced so little when it had promised so much? An expert in tropical diseases, Desowtiz searches for answers in this provocative book.
Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus
Tales of Parasites, People, and Politics
Häftad, 2004
294 kr
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Twenty years ago the world slept, confident that biomedical science would protect it from devastating plagues. Our wake-up call sounded at the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic. Then came more unfamiliar pathogens in its wake, such as the West Nile virus. Meanwhile, the neglected diseases of the third …
Who Gave Pinta to the Santa Maria?
Torrid Diseases in a Temperate World
Häftad, 1980
279 kr
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Past--and present--tell us that tropical diseases are as American as the heart attack; yellow fever lived happily for centuries in Philadelphia. Malaria liked it fine in Washington, not to mention in the Carolinas where it took right over. The Ebola virus stopped off in Baltimore, and the Mexican …
