Worms and Human DiseaseThis 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 The Trematodes | 3 |
2 The Cestodes | 63 |
3 The Acanthocephala | 106 |
4 The Nematomorpha | 108 |
5 The Nematodes | 109 |
6 Other Nonhelminth Groups | 240 |
7 Immunology of Helminths | 243 |
8 Epidemiological Aspects of Helminth Infections | 252 |
9 Helminthological Techniques | 255 |
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