Primates, Pathogens, and Evolution

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Brinkworth, Jessica F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pechenkina, Kate (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Infectious diseases.; Evolutionary biology.; Animal genetics.; Anthropology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Infectious Diseases.

The immune systems of humans and non-human primates have diverged such that these animals show inter- and intra-species variation in susceptibility, symptoms, and survival of particular infectious diseases. Variation in primate immunity is such that some major human pathogens - such as immunodeficie...