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9780813535715

Beasts Of The Earth

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813535715

  • ISBN10:

    0813535719

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-03-25
  • Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
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Author Biography

E. Fuller Torrey is associate director for laboratory research at the Stanley Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and a professor of psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
1 The Smallest Passengers on Noah's Ark
1(13)
2 Heirloom Infections: Microbes before the Advent of Humans
14(9)
3 Humans as Hunters: Animal Origins of Bioterrorism
23(10)
4 Humans as Farmers: Microbes Move into the Home
33(15)
5 Humans as Villagers: Microbes in the Promised Land
48(8)
6 Humans as Traders: Microbes Get Passports
56(12)
7 Humans as Pet Keepers: Microbes Move into the Bedroom
68(29)
8 Humans as Diners: Mad Cows and Sane Chickens
97(15)
9 Microbes from the Modern Food Chain: Lessons from SARS, Influenza, and Bird Flu
112(12)
10 The Coming Plagues: Lessons from AIDS, West Nile Virus, and Lyme Disease 124(15)
11 A Four-footed View of History 139(6)
Notes 145(26)
Glossary 171(2)
Appendix 173(2)
Index 175

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