Parasites and plantations: Disease, environment and society in efforts to induce extinction of hookworm in Jamaica, 1919–1936

Parasites and plantations: Disease, environment and society in efforts to induce extinction of hookworm in Jamaica, 1919–1936

Studies of extinction typically focus on unintended losses of biodiversity and culture. This study, however, examines an attempt to induce extinction of a parasite: human hookworm (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale). Our interdisciplinary approach integrates medical history and epidemiolo...

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Main Authors: Jonathan D. Roberts, Lorna L. Waddington, Rupert J. Quinnell, Graham Huggan, Alison M. Dunn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-01-01
Series:Cambridge Prisms: Extinction
Subjects:
anthropogenic impacts
climate
disease
ecology
extinction
hookworm
soil-transmitted helmintiases
neglected tropical diseases
medical history
plantationocene
epidemiology
Jamaica
Caribbean
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2755095824000159/type/journal_article
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