Animal Parasites and Human Disease

Warning: this book is not for the faint of heart! Did you know that during Napoleon’s campaign on Moscow, lice were responsible for more French deaths than the Russians? It’s true: lice are the sole transmission source for typhus, a deadly disease which claimed three times more lives than combat. First published in 1918, biologist Dr. Asa C. Chandler’s observation that “there is no part of the world so remote that the things which affect it may not also affect any other part” rings just as true a century later. Scientists worldwide are investigating the impact globalization has on the range, severity, and transmission of infectious disease and disease vectors. This book provides foundational knowledge on the biology of parasites and early understandings of disease and prevention.