Handbook of Helminthiasis for Public HealthWritten by internationally respected experts, Handbook of Human Helminthiasis provides information essential in the development of an integrated approach to the prevention, control and treatment of disease caused by endoparasitic helminths. The text is divided into sections dealing with the main groups of helminth infections and the diseases they i |
Contents
1 Helminthiasis A Challenge to Health and Development | 3 |
2 One Day in the Life of Mumbua | 25 |
Decisions for Controlling Helminthiasis | 33 |
4 Common Themes and Concepts in Helminthiasis | 43 |
5 Cestodiasis | 59 |
6 Dracunculiasis | 83 |
7 FoodBorne Trematodiasis | 91 |
8 Lymphatic Filariasis | 127 |
13 Trichinellosis Trichinosis | 261 |
14 Use of Anthelminthic Drugs in the Public Health Arena | 275 |
15 Health Awareness and Helminthiasis | 299 |
Availability Needs and Provision | 313 |
17 Helminthiasis and the Millennium Development Goals | 325 |
Appendix 1 Glossary of Some Terms and Abbreviations Relating to Human HostHelminth Interactions and Helminthiasis | 333 |
Appendix 2 Journals for Helminthology Helminthiasis and Control Interventions | 339 |
Appendix 3 Methods for the Detection of Helminth Eggs in Stool Samples | 341 |
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Handbook of Helminthiasis for Public Health D. W. T. Crompton,Lorenzo Savioli No preview available - 2006 |
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