Disease in Evolution: Global Changes and Emergence of Infectious Diseases: v. 740 (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) - Softcover

Wilson, Mary E; Levins, Richard; Spielman, A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0897668774 ISBN 13: 9780897668774

Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences, 1995

Synopsis

This work aims to advance the intellectual understanding of the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases. Practitioners of diverse disciplines - epidemiology, evolutionary biology, environmental sciences, ecology, climatology, social and behavioural sciences, entomology, microbiology, parasitology and virology - report on recently developed techniques from many areas, including molecular biology, genetics, mathematical modelling and remote sensing. These techniques are exploited in an attempt to understand global configurations of infectious disease emergence. Analysis of historical examples reveals patterns not apparent during a single lifetime of observation. This volume emphasises the creative use of cross-disciplinary approaches to extend the limits of knowledge in this important area. These 32 papers were presented at a workshop held by the Harvard School of Public Health at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 7th-10th November.

Edition details

• Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0897668774
• ISBN 13: 9780897668774
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 503