Worms and Human Disease

Author： Muller   R.  

Publisher： CABI Publishing‎

Publication year： 2001

E-ISBN: 9781845933203

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780851995168

Subject： R53 parasitosis

Keyword： Medical Parasitology Parasitology (Non-medical) Medical Parasitology

Language： ENG

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Description

This second edition of the popular advanced student textbook (previously published as Worms and Disease: A Manual of Medical Helminthology) has been thoroughly updated and revised since it was first published in 1975. It includes contributions and a chapter by Prof. Derek Wakelin, University of Nottingham, UK.An authoritative handbook covering all human helminth infections with particular emphasis on diagnosis, treatment, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, epidemiology and control. Practical guidelines are given for estimating the clinical and public significance of helminthiases, vital in areas where the majority of inhabitants are infected with many helminths but only a few are sick.

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Worms and Human Disease 2nd Edition

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The Trematodes

2. The Cestodes

3. The Acanthocephala

4. The Nematomorpha

5. The Nematodes

6. Other (Non-helminth) Groups

7. Immunology of Helminths

8. Epidemiological Aspects of Helminth Infections

9. Helminthological Techniques

General References and Further Reading

Index

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