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James L A Webb Jr

Professor Emeritus

Colby College

History


Research: 

Hookworm infections; Malaria infections; Syndemics; What distinguishes an epidemic from an endemic disease in the absence of robust data?

See https://www.jameslawebbjr.com/ for more information

Relevant publications include:

'Historical Epidemiology and Global Health History', História, Ciências, Saúde. Manguinhos, vol. 27, supplement 1 (2020), 13-28

The Guts of the Matter: A Global History of Human Waste and Infectious Intestinal Disease, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020)

The Long Struggle Against Malaria in Tropical Africa (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014)

Humanity’s Burden: A Global History of Malaria (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009)