a new way of understanding allergies and autoimmune diseases Velasquez-Manoff, Moises creator author. text bibliography xxu 2012 monographic eng

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vii, 385 p : ill ; 24 cm Meet your parasites -- Homo squalidus : the filthy ape -- Island of autoimmunity -- Parasites to heal the gut -- What is asthma for? -- Missing "old friends" -- Mom matters most -- The disappearing microbiota -- Community-wide derangement -- Multiple sclerosis : worms that never come, a tardy virus, and a brain that degenerates -- Modernity's developmental disorder : autism and the superorganism -- Beyond allergy and autoimmunity : inflammation and the diseases of civilization -- The hookworm underground : crowdsourcing "the cure" in an age of immune dysfunction -- Life with the American murderer, and the body's largest organ -- The collapse of the superorganism, and what to do about it. Moises Velasquez-Manoff. Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-356) and index. Immune system Popular works Immunologic diseases Popular works Allergy Alternative treatment Autoimmunity Research Immune System Hypersensitivity Autoimmune Diseases QR181.7 .V45 2012 9781439199381 (hc) 9781439199404 IQ-NaUA 210426 eng