What's Eating You? (eBook)

People and Parasites

Eugene H. Kaplan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
312 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3220-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Everything you ever wanted to know about parasites but were too horrified to askIn What's Eating You? Eugene Kaplan recounts the true and harrowing tales of his adventures with parasites, and in the process introduces readers to the intimately interwoven lives of host and parasite.Kaplan has spent his life traveling the globe exploring oceans and jungles, and incidentally acquiring parasites in his gut. Here, he leads readers on an unforgettable journey into the bizarre yet oddly beautiful world of parasites. In a narrative that is by turns frightening, disgusting, and laugh-out-loud funny, Kaplan describes how drinking contaminated water can cause a three-foot-long worm to burst from your arm; how he "e;gave birth"e; to a parasite the size and thickness of a pencil while working in Israel; why you should never wave a dead snake in front of your privates; and why fleas are attracted to his wife. Kaplan tells stories about leeches feasting on soldiers in Vietnam; sea cucumbers with teeth in their anuses that seem to encourage the entry of symbiotic fish; the habits of parasites that cause dysentery, river blindness, and other horrifying diseases--and much, much more. Along the way, he explains the underlying science, including parasite evolution and host-parasite physiology.Informative, frequently lurid, and hugely entertaining, this beautifully illustrated book is a must-read for health-conscious travelers, and anyone who has ever wondered if they picked up a tapeworm from that last sushi dinner.

Autor

Eugene H. Kaplan is the Donald E. Axinn Endowed Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Conservation (emeritus) at Hofstra University. His many books include Sensuous Seas: Tales of a Marine Biologist (Princeton) and A Field Guide to Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores (Peterson Field Guides).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2010
• Zusatzinfo: 30 b&w plates.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
• Schlagworte: Abdomen • Acanthocephala • allergy • Amoeba • anemia • annelid • Antibody • Anticoagulant • Anus • Bacteria • Biology • Blister • blood meal • Blood vessel • body cavity • Botfly • Brood (honey bee) • Capillary • Carbon dioxide • cestoda • circulatory system • Commensalism • Copepod • coral reef • Cuticle • Cyst • defecation • Disease • eating • Echinococcus granulosus • Elephantiasis • epithelium • filariasis • Flagellum • flatworm • flea • Giardia • gonad • Human gastrointestinal tract • Human parasite • Infection • insect • Invertebrate • larva • Lecture • Leishmania • Leishmaniasis • lesion • louse • lymph • Malaria • Mammal • Metabolism • Microorganism • Minnow • Molecule • Mosquito • Mouth • Mucus • Nail (anatomy) • Nematode • nutrient • Opalina • Oriental rat flea • parasitism • Parasitology • pathogen • Physician • Plankton • Plasmodium • Proboscis • Protozoa • Rectum • red blood cell • rodent • Saliva • salivary gland • Schistosoma • Schistosomiasis • scrub typhus • Small Intestine • Sperm • Spiracle • Stomach • symbiosis • Symptom • Testicle • Tooth • Trematoda • Trypanosoma • Tsetse fly • urinary bladder • Urine • uterus • Vagina • vampire bat • white blood cell • Wound • Wuchereria bancrofti • Zooxanthellae
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3220-9 / 1400832209
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3220-0 / 9781400832200