The Parasite Chronicles My Lifelong Odyssey Among the Parasites that Cause Human Disease /

• Main Author: Kwa, Boo H. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Parasitology.; Medicine .; Health.; Public health.; Veterinary medicine.; Zoology.; Popular Life Sciences.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Public Health.; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science.

This book introduces the reader to the fascinating world of parasites that cause human disease. It is written in a first-person style relating anecdotes and personal encounters of parasites by the author. It tells stories about exotic parasites diseases, interesting factoids about the life history o...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Parasites and Tiger Snakes
• Chapter 2: Tapeworms Down Underand elsewhere
• Chapter 3: Cysticercosis: the Ides of March
• Chapter 4: Trematodes: It was just a fluke
• Chapter 5: Schistosomiasis: Napoleon,snails and stalemate across the Taiwan Straits
• Chapter 6: Filariasis and elephantiasis:you can't go home again
• Chapter 7: River Blindness: and it was about time
• Chapter 8: Intestinal worms: parasitemysteries in wintry climes
• Chapter 9: Tissue helminths: Snails, rats, cobras and parasites in the brain
• Chapter 10: Intestinal protozoa: please pass the stool
• Chapter 11: Tissue protozoa: that cat will really drive me crazy one of these days
• Chapter 12: Blood protozoa: in search of the HolyGrail.