Parasites and humans
Parasites and humans
This chapter begins with the history of how yellow fever came to being and how greatly it affected the population at the time – that in 1883, already some 1,300 men had died from the disease. It moves on from the case of yellow fever to discuss what lessons could be derived from its history. These issues are what will be covered throughout the book, and are listed as follows. The first issue points to the complexity of the parasite life-cycle. The second talks about how not all host and parasite strains are the same, meaning that susceptibility to a given parasite varies. Another issue is the fact that complex physiological and molecular mechanisms underlie the infection. Finally, the last issue that is introduced in the chapter and which will be tackled later on in the book is the notion that parasites can be controlled when we understand them.
Keywords: yellow fever, parasite life-cycle, parasite strains, molecular mechanisms, parasites
Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us .
