May 2010
Beginner
304 pages
6h 13m
English
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Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today
by Southern Illinois University David P. Clark - Department of Microbiology
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Index
A
Abraha, 119
accidental violence, 34
Africa
disease as protection against invaders, 54
disease origins in, 13-17, 205
tropical diseases, partial resistance to, 122-123
African/African-American population, tuberculosis in, 236
agents of disease, changing, 233-234
agricultural societies, hunter-gatherer societies versus, 56-59. See also ancient civilizations
agriculture industry, consumption of antibiotics, 248
AIDS. See HIV/AIDS
air, as transmission method, 39
air-conditioning, 236
airborne diseases, spread of, 254
alastrim, 214
allicin, 178
amateurs, attempts at biological warfare, 132-133
amebic dysentery
carriers of, 46
cure for, 178
origin of, 22
American Indians. See indigenous Americans
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