Primates, Pathogens, and Evolution

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...

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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
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Primates, pathogens and evolution
  • Section I Immunity and Primate Evolution
  • 2. Vertebrate Immune system evolution and comparative primate immunity
  • 3. Genetic variation in the immune system of Old World monkeys: functional and selective effects
  • 4. Toll-like receptor function and evolution in primates
  • 5. Impact of natural selection due to malarial disease on human genetic variation
  • 6. Parasitic lice help to fill in the gaps of early hominid history
  • Section II Emergence and Divergent Disease Manifestation
  • 7. Treponema pallidum infection in Primates: Clinical Manifestations, Epidemiology, and Evolution of a Stealthy Pathogen
  • 8. Molecular mimicry by -2 herpesviruses to modulate host cell signaling pathways
  • 9. Neotropical primates and their susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii: new insights for an old problem
  • 10. The Evolution of SIV in primates and the emergence of the pathogen of AIDS
  • Section III Primates, Pathogens and Health
  • 11. Microbial exposures and other early childhood influences on the subsequent function of the immune system
  • 12. Make new friends and keep the old? Parasite coinfection and comorbidity in Homo sapiens.