Anthropology of Infectious Disease

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Anthropology of Infectious Disease; (PDF) synthesizes the thriving field of anthropology of infectious disease in a biocultural; critical framework. Expert medical anthropologist Merrill Singer holistically combines the behaviors of microorganisms and the activities of complex social systems; presenting how we exist with pathogenic agents of disease in a complicated process of co-evolution. He also links human diseases to larger ecosystems and numerous other species that are future sources of new human infections. Anthropology of Infectious Disease incorporates and advances research in this growing; multifaceted area and provides an ideal supplement to courses in public health; anthropology; development studies; and related fields.

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