Primates, Pathogens, and Evolution - Brinkworth, Jessica F.; Pechenkina, Kate.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Acknowledgements -- 1. Primates, pathogens and evolution -- Section I Immunity and Primate Evolution -- 2. Vertebrate Immune system evolution and comparative primate immunity -- 3. Genetic variation in the immune system of Old World monkeys: functional and selective effects -- 4. Toll-like receptor function and evolution in primates -- 5. Impact of natural selection due to malarial disease on human genetic variation -- 6. Parasitic lice help to fill in the gaps of early hominid history -- Section II Emergence and Divergent Disease Manifestation -- 7. Treponema pallidum infection in Primates: Clinical Manifestations, Epidemiology, and Evolution of a Stealthy Pathogen -- 8. Molecular mimicry by -2 herpesviruses to modulate host cell signaling pathways -- 9. Neotropical primates and their susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii: new insights for an old problem -- 10. The Evolution of SIV in primates and the emergence of the pathogen of AIDS -- Section III Primates, Pathogens and Health -- 11. Microbial exposures and other early childhood influences on the subsequent function of the immune system -- 12. Make new friends and keep the old? Parasite coinfection and comorbidity in Homo sapiens.
Keywords: Evolutionary biology; Anthropology; Animal genetics; Infectious diseases; Evolutionary Biology; Anthropology; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Infectious Diseases