Important helminthic infections in southeast Asia : diversity and potential for control and elimination. Part B /

• Other Authors: Zhou, Xiao-nong
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2010.
• Series: Advances in parasitology ; v. 73.
• Subjects: Helminths.; Public health > Asia.; Medicine.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.; Medicine; Public health.; Asia.; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 462 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0123849454; 9780123849458; 9780123815149; 0123815142
• ISSN: 0065-308X ;

This thematic volume provides authoritative, up-to-date reviews pertaining to the epidemiology, public health significance and shifts therein, control (current activities, successes, setbacks), persisting challenges (e.g. sanitation, universal coverage of health services, health-related behavior) of the key parasitic diseases in Southeast Asia. The book also discusses the new tools and approaches for enhanced discovery and control of helminthic diseases.