Infectious Disease and Host-Pathogen Evolution
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This book, originally published in 2004, is concerned with the links between human evolution and infectious disease.
List of contributorsIntroduction1Pt. 1J. B. S. Haldane1Haldane's ideas in biology with special reference to disease and evolution112J. B. S. Haldane and the malaria hypothesis18Pt. 2Malarial parasites3Evolutionary genetics of Plasmodium falciparum, the agent of malignant malaria394Evolutionary biology of malarial parasites755G6PD deficiency and malarial resistance in humans : insights from evolutionary genetic analyses1136The enigma of Plasmodium vivax malaria and erythrocyte duffy negativity141Pt. 3Other parasites7Influenza evolution1758Free-living to freewheeling : the evolution of Vibrio cholerae from innocence to infamy1989Evolutionary dynamics of Daphnia and their microparasites22210Human susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis (Leishmania donovani) and to schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni) is controlled by major genetic lociPt. 4Genetic and evolutionary considerations11The evolution of pathogen virulence in response to animal and public health interventions26512Infection and the diversity of regulatory DNA29313Genetic epidemiology of infectious diseases : the first half-century30714The impact of human genetic diversity on the transmission and severity of infectious diseases31515Evolution and the etiology of diabetes mellitus32516The future of human evolution343Index353
