TY  - BOOK
AU  - Despommier,Dickson D.
TI  - People, parasites, and plowshares: learning from our body's most terrifying invaders 
SN  - 9780231161947 (hbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - QL757 .D47 2013
U1  - 578.6/5 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Parasites
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Host-parasite relationships
KW  - Medical parasitology
KW  - Parasitology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-201) and index; This new house : Trichinella spiralis -- Hooked on parasites : Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus -- Houdini's nefarious cousins : the trypanosomes, the schistosomes, and the lymphatic filariae -- A parasite for all seasons : Toxoplasma gondii -- The unholy trinity : Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms -- The long and the short of it : tapeworms - Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Diphyllobothrium latum, Echinococcus granulosus, and Echinococcus multilocularis -- All's well that ends well : Dracunculus medinensis -- Nature has all the answers. What's your question?
N2  - An account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites, following the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. Despommier focuses on long-term host-parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert the human immune system
ER  -