Infectious Diseases In Primates Behavior Ecology And Evolution 1st Edition by Charles Nunn, Sonia Altizer ISBN 0198565844 9780198565840

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ISBN 10: 0198565844

ISBN 13: 9780198565840 

Author:  Charles Nunn, Sonia Altizer 

This title includes the following features: The first book to synthesiseand integrate the previously disparate areas of primate socioecology, parasitefunctional categories, host defences, and theoretical models of disease spread.; Organizes hypotheses according to parasite traits such as transmission mode,host specificity and virulence.; Develops a new co-evolutionary framework forinvestigating parasites and primate social evolution at empirical andtheoretical scales.; Ideal graduate seminar course material.

Table of contents:

1. Questions, Terminology, and Underlying Principles

2. Diversity and Characteristics of Primate Parasites

3. Primate Socioecology and Disease Risk: Predictions and Rationale

4. Host–Parasite Dynamics and Epidemiological Principles

5. Host Defenses: The Immune System and Behavioral Counterstrategies

6. Infectious Disease and Primate Social Systems

7. Parasites and Primate Conservation

8. From Nonhuman Primates to Human Health and Evolution

9. Concluding Remarks and Future Directions

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