Helminth Infections and their Impact on Global Public Health

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bruschi, Fabrizio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Parasitology.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Public Health.

This book gives an up-to-date overview of the epidemiology (including molecular typing), specific biological, immunological and immunopathological aspects, diagnosis and perspectives of control of the most common helminth human infections. Helminths are long-lived multicellular organisms that have c...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Diversity and History as Drivers of Helminth Systematics and Biology
• Paleoparasitology of Helminths
• Schistosomiasis
• Fascioliasis
• Clonorchiasis and Opisthorchiasis
• Echinococcosis
• Taeniosis and Cysticercosis
• Trichinellosis
• Soil-transmitted helminthiasis
• Strongyloides stercoralis and Strongyloidosis
• Anisakiasis
• Lymphatic and Tissue Filariosis
• Dirofilaria Infections in Humans and Other Zoonotic Filarioses
• Toxocarosis
• Angiostrongyloidosis
• Can the Study of Helminths be Fruitful for Human Diseases?.