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Evolution of Infectious Disease

Ewald, Paul W·1994
DOI 10.1093/oso/9780195060584.001.0001
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Ewald is the first author to present a Darwinian perspective on infectious disease, which opens up a whole new approach to health science, one that emphasizes new possibilities for combatting deadly diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS. Taking an evolutionary approach, Ewald views disease-producing bacteria and viruses as parasites and explains the history of disease as a host-parasite relationship, one which can evolve in many different effects on the host population. He explains why the agents of cholera, malaria, and AIDS are so dangerous and why treatment of virtually all diseases would be improved by applications of evolutionary principles. This merging of evolutionary biology with health sciences offers a new dimension to policy-making in the health sciences by identifying interventions that will force infectious organisms to evolve toward a benign state, to subdue the plagues of the past and help us to avert the plagues of the future. A wholly readable account of an enthralling and important subject of concern to us all.

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Authors
Ewald, P. W.
Affiliations
Amherst College (US)
Corresponding author
Ewald, Paul W
ORCID
Ewald, Paul W
Publisher
Oxford University PressNew York, NY
Published
1994-01-06
DOI
10.1093/oso/9780195060584.001.0001
OpenAlex
W4388331292
Cited by
714
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FWCI
14.12
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Zoonotic diseases and public health
Keywords
evolutionary medicine, infectious diseases, host-parasite coevolution, malaria, tuberculosis, AIDS, cholera, health policy

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