Infectious Disease, 2nd Edition
A Very Short Introduction
$28.93
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
6 September 2023
Summary
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways that spread disease. But where does disease come from? How is it transmitted from one person to another? And why are some individuals more susceptible than others?
In this Very Short Introduction, Marta Wayne and Benjamin Bolker address these q…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192858511 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0192858513 |
| Author: | Marta Wayne, Benjamin Bolker |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 6 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 134g |
| Dimensions: | 173mm x 110mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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About The Author
Marta Wayne
Marta L. Wayne is an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Florida. She has studied virus evolutionary ecology in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, a model system for disease in both humans and mosquitoes.
Benjamin M. Bolker is a theoretical ecologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He has studied the dynamics of disease in organisms as diverse as humans, red grouse, gopher tortoises, and fruit flies.
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