Who Gave Pinta to the Santa Maria?: Torrid Diseases in a ...
 Book Description: An instructive, often humorous, chronicle of how the worms and germs of the tropical world have made and are making their way north. We live in a fool's paradise, comforted, despite all evidence to the contrary, that we are insulated [... more]
$25.00
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Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of ...
Book Description: Twenty years ago the world slept, confident that biomedical science would protect it from devastating plagues. Our wake-up call sounded at the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic. Then came more unfamiliar pathogens in its wake, such as the [... more]
$24.95
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Who Gave Pinta to the Santa Maria?
An interesting but limited discussion of tropical diseases: Robert Desowitz's Who gave Pinta to the Santa Maria? (published in other countries under the less silly title of "Tropical Diseases") deals with the spread and treatment of a number of [... more]
$16.00
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Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of ...
Book Description: Twenty years ago the world slept, confident that biomedical science would protect it from devastating plagues. Our wake-up call sounded at the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic. Then came more unfamiliar pathogens in its wake, such as the [... more]
$14.95
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The Malaria Capers : More Tales of Parasites and People, ...
Thought-provoking study of Malaria and Kala Azar: Robert Desowitz leaves his readers with many 'cliff-hangers' in "The Malaria Capers". The version I read was published in 1991, so some of his unfinished stories may have endings by now---all [... more]
$14.95
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New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers: Tales of ...
Anecdotal Discussion of Parasitology: This is a quick read understandable to anyone who has taken college biology. Desowitz's presentation is primarily anecdotal this makes for quick reading, but also whets the appetite for more information. I recommend & [... more]
$14.95
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Malaria Capers: More Tales of Parasites and People, ...
Thought-provoking study of Malaria and Kala Azar: Robert Desowitz leaves his readers with many 'cliff-hangers' in "The Malaria Capers". The version I read was published in 1991, so some of his unfinished stories may have endings by now---all [... more]
$21.95
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