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People, Parasites, and Plowshares: Learning From Our Body's Most Terrifying Invaders
People Parasites and Plowshares Learning From Our Body's Most Terrifying Invaders
Author: Dickson D. Despommier
Dickson D. 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. He focuses on long-term host-parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert the human immune system. Some do great damage to t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780231161947
ISBN-10: 0231161948
Publication Date: 7/16/2013
Pages: 216
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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