《Humanity's Burden》是2008年Cambridge University Press出版的圖書，作者是James L. A. Webb, Jr.。
基本介紹
- 書名：Humanity's Burden
- 作者：James L. A. Webb, Jr
- 出版社：Cambridge University Press
- 出版時間：2008年12月
- 頁數：248 頁
- 定價：23.99 美元
- ISBN：9780521670128
內容簡介
Humanity's Burden provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria. It traces the long arc of malaria out of tropical Africa into Eurasia, its transfer to the Americas during the early years of the Columbian exchange, and its retraction from the middle latitudes into the tropics since the late nineteenth century. Adopting a broadly comparative approach to historical patterns and processes, it synthesizes research findings from the natural and social sciences and weaves these understandings into a narrative that reaches from the earliest evidence of malaria infections in tropical Africa up to the present. Written in a style that is easily accessible to non-specialists, it considers the significance of genetic mutations, diet, lifestyle, migration, warfare, palliative and curative treatment, and efforts to interrupt transmission on the global distribution of malaria.
