Biogeography, humans, and their parasites
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Perrin, P.; Herbreteau, V.; Hugot, J.P.; Morand, S.; Krasnov, B.
- Source
- The Geography of Host-Parasite Interaction
The Geography of Host-Parasite Interaction, Oxford University Press, pp.41-57, 2010, 978-0-19-956135-3
- Subject
- SELECTION
PARASITES
DOMESTICATION
DISTRIBUTION
HOMO SAPIENS
COEVOLUTION
[SDE]Environmental Sciences
health care economics and organizations
- Language
- English
International audience; Homo sapiens is obviously the most investigated species regarding its infectious diseases. Humans are parasitized by a large number of macro- or microparasite species and are certainly the most infected mammals on earth (...)