Helminth Infections and Their Impact on Global Public Health

ISBN-13: 9783709119792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 502 str.

Fabrizio Bruschi

Opis

This book aims to give an up-date overview to the epidemiology (including molecular typing), specific biological, immunological and immunopathological aspects, diagnosis and perspectives of control of the most common helminth infections.

Recenzje

From the book reviews:

"This very detailed book on helminth infections also describes their impact on worldwide public health. ... This is an excellent teaching/learning tool for professionals interested in conditions due to helminths. ... This book could be used by medical students, public health trainees, or anybody in medicine, public health, or other fields who is interested in parasitic diseases. ... It is unique in its approach to linking knowledge about parasitic illnesses to clinical application and global health problems worldwide." (Rudolf Jan Kotula, Doody's Book Reviews, August, 2014)

Spis treści

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?.

Blurb

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 co-evolved with humans over many thousands of years. They are responsible for infections which affect around one third of the human population, at global level. Despite the huge efforts in research during the last years, effective control of helminth infections is still far from optimal standards and the resulting diseases remain neglected.