Description: People, Parasites, and Plowshares : Learning from Our Body's Most Terrifying Invaders, Paperback by Despommier, Dickson D.; Campbell, William C. (FRW), ISBN 0231161956, ISBN-13 9780231161954, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Despommier's vivid, visceral account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites follows the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. Despommier focuses on long-term host-parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert the human immune system. He shows how closer dissection of the substances parasites produce to alter our response to them could help unravel some of our most complex medical conundrums.
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Book Title: People, Parasites, and Plowshares : Learning from Our Body's Most
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: People, Parasites, and Plowshares : Learning from Our Body's Most Terrifying Invaders
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Pathology, Life Sciences / Microbiology, Parasitology, Internal Medicine, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.1 in
Item Weight: 14 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Science, Medical
Author: Dickson Despommier
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
