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Primates, pathogens, and evolution

Author(s):
Brinkworth, Jessica F, editor
Pechenkina, Ekaterina A (Ekaterina Alexandrovna), editor
Title(s):
Primates, pathogens, and evolution / Jessica F. Brinkworth, Kate Pechenkina, editors.
Series:
Developments in primatology: progress and prospects
Country of Publication:
United States
Publisher:
New York : Springer, [2013]
Description:
x, 428 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781461471806 (alk. paper)
146147180X (alk. paper)
9781461471813 (eBook)
LCCN:
2013942492
MeSH:
Biological Evolution
Communicable Diseases
Primates/genetics
Primates/immunology*
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Vertebrate immune system evolution and comparative primate immunity / Jessica F. Brinkworth and Mitchell Thorn -- Genetic variation in the immune system of Old World monkeys : functional and selective effects / Dagan A. Loisel and Jenny Tung -- Toll-like receptor function and evolution in primates / Jessica F. Brinkworth and Kirstin N. Sterner -- Impact of natural selection due to malarial disease on human genetic variation / Felicia Gomez, Wen-Ya Ko, Avery Davis, and Sarah A. Tishkoff -- Parasitic lice help to fill in the gaps of early hominid history / Julie M. Allen, Cedric O. Worman, Jessica E. Light, and David L. Reed -- Treponema pallidum infection in primates : clinical manifestations, epidemiology, and evolution of a stealthy pathogen / Kristin N. Harper and Sascha Knauf -- Molecular mimicry by [gamma]-2 herpes viruses to modulate host cell signaling pathways / Lai-Yee Wong, Zsolt Toth, Kevin F. Brulois, Kyung-Soo Inn, Sun-Hwa Lee, Hye-Ra Lee, and Jae U. Jung -- Neotropical primates and their susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii : new insights for an old problem / José Luiz Catão-Dias, Sabrina Epiphanio and Maria Cecília Martins Kierulff -- The evolution of SIV in primates and the emergence of the pathogen of AIDS / Edward J.D. Greenwood, Fabian Schmidt, and Jonathan L. Heeney -- Microbial exposures and other early childhood influences on the subsequent function of the immune system / Graham A.W. Rook -- Make new friends and keep the old? Parasite coinfection and comorbidity in Homo sapiens / Melanie Martin, Aaron D. Blackwell, Michael Gurven, and Hillard Kaplan -- Primates, pathogens and evolution : a context for understanding emerging disease / Kristin N. Harper, Molly K. Zuckerman, Bethany L. Turner, George Armelagos.
NLM ID:
101633370 [Book]

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