Evolution of Infectious Disease
- Evolution of Infectious Disease
Infobox Book
name = Evolution of Infectious Disease
author = Paul W. Ewald
language = English
subject = Evolutionary biology
publisher = Oxford University Press
release_date = December 1 1993
pages = 320
isbn = ISBN 019506058X
"Evolution of Infectious Disease " is a 1993 book by the evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald. In this book Ewald contends the traditional view that parasites should evolve toward benign coexistence with their hosts. He draws on various studies which contradict this dogma and asserts his own theory that is based on fundamental evolutionary principles. This book provides one of the first in-depth presentations of insights from evolutionary biology on various fields in health science, including epidemiology and medicine.
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