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956468
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b710838
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| Main Entry
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Crawford, Dorothy H.
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| Title & Author
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Deadly companions : : how microbes shaped our history /\ Dorothy H. Crawford.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2007.
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1 online resource (xiv, 250 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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019151764X
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: 0192807196
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: 0199561443
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: 128114696X
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: 6611146962
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: 9780191517648
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: 9780192807199
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: 9780199561445
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: 9781281146960
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: 9786611146962
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-240) and index.
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| Contents
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How it all began -- Our microbial inheritance -- Microbes jump species -- Crowds, filth and poverty -- Microbes go global -- Famine and devastation -- Deadly companions revealed -- The fight back.
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| Abstract
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The story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. Combining tales of devastating epidemics with accessible science and fascinating history, Deadly Companions reveals how closely microbes have evolved with us over the millennia, shaping human culture through infection, disease, and deadly pandemic. - ;Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time.
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Communicable diseases-- History.
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Diseases and history.
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Epidemics-- History.
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Infection-- History.
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Épidémies-- Histoire.
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Infection-- Histoire.
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Maladies et histoire.
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Maladies infectieuses-- Histoire.
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Communicable diseases.
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Diseases and history.
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Epidemics.
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Epidemiologie
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Gesundheitsgefährdung
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Infection.
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Infektionskrankheit
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MEDICAL-- Epidemiology.
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MEDICAL-- Health Risk Assessment.
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Mikroorganismus
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Communicable Diseases-- history.
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Bacterial Infections-- history.
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Disease Outbreaks-- history.
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Parasitic Diseases-- history.
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Virus Diseases-- history.
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| Dewey Classification
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614.4
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| LC Classification
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RA649.C73 2007eb
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WC 11.1C899d 2007
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XF 4100rvk
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