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Robert S. Desowitz
256 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780156005852
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Language: English
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We have long believed that our sanitized Western world is safe from the microbes and parasites of the tropics. Not so--nor ever was it so--according to Robert S. Desowitz. The story of how parasites arrived on our shores is a fascinating mix of hi...
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Robert S. Desowitz
256 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780156005852
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
We have long believed that our sanitized Western world is safe from the microbes and parasites of the tropics. Not so--nor ever was it so--according to Robert S. Desowitz. The story of how parasites arrived on our shores is a fascinating mix of hi...