Epub an unnatural history of emerging infections review

This book traces the social and environmental determinants of human infectious diseases from the Neolithic to the present day Despite recent high profile discoveries of new pathogens the major determinants of these emerging infections are ancient and recurring These include changing modes of subsistence shifting populations environmental disruptions and social inequalities The recent labeling of the term re emerging infections reflects a re emergence not so much of the diseases themselves but rather a re emerging awareness in affluent societies of long standing problems that were previously ignored An Unnatural History of Emerging Infections illustrates these recurring problems and determinants through an examination of three major epidemiological transitions The First Transition occurred with the Agricultural Revolution beginning 10000 years ago bringing a rise in acute infections as the main cause of human mortality The Second Transition first began with the Industrial Revolution it saw a decline in infectious disease mortality and an increase in chronic diseases among wealthier nations but less so in poorer societies These culminated in today s worst of both worlds syndrome in which globalization has combined with the challenges of the First and Second Transitions to produce a Third Transition characterized by a confluence of acute and chronic disease patterns within a single global disease ecology This accessible text is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate level students and researchers in the fields of epidemiology disease ecology anthropology health sciences and the history of medicine It will also be of relevance and use to undergraduate students interested in the history and social dynamics of infectious diseases An Unnatural History of Emerging InfectionsIn this short but very interesting book Ron Barrett traces the social and environmental determinants of human infectious diseases from the Neolithic to the present day These determinants include changing modes of subsistence shifting populations environmental disruptions and social inequalities This book is written in plain language with minimal almost no personal anecdotes by the author Ron Barrett There are a few interesting points buried in here but the book is too short to flesh any of them out Plus my Kindle version had several typos and misspelled words Ron Barrett teuczucie kiedy czytasz w ksi ce zdania pod kt rymi m g by si podpisa New Age owy altmedowiec np o odej ciu biomedycyny od holistycznego traktowania zdrowia albo o wyj ciu przez farmacj leczniczych substancji pochodzenia zio owego ze spo ecznego kontekstu ich za ywania I zaczynasz kwestionowa swoj wiedz i przekonania Ale potem okazuje si e autorzy nie s lekarzami biologami czy epidemiologami lecz antropologami i trzeba bardzo ostro nie traktowa ich osobiste opinie na temat wsp czesnej medycyny A przykry dysonans znika Ron Barrett Recommended food for thought for studying microbiologists epidemiologists and the lay public The book considers how our shift in lifestyle caused the rise of infectious diseases The pathogens have always been with us But it is the macroscale society management that makes a significant difference in how the microbes will rule us. Epub an unnatural history of emerging infections free The book was published in 2013 after the MERS outbreak Authors are asking the rhetorical question about when the next pandemic will emerge and pointing out that it is inevitable but hard to predict when exactly it will happen Nevertheless proximity to vast amounts of animals confined in industrial factory farms poses a significant risk of spreading the re emerging infections We must remember that microbes are clever Zoonotic pathogens can become transmittable between humans when it is advantageous for their existence and further spreading Further we must prepare to live in the post antibiotic era where the antibiotics of the last resolution are no longer effective and simple infections can become life threatening events Ron Barrett