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This 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.

Table of Contents
1: The Trematodes 2: The Cestodes 3: The Acanthocephalans 4: The Nematodes 5: Oher Groups 6: Immunology of Helminths 7: Epidemiological Aspects of Helminth Infections 8: Helminthological Techniques

Worms and Human Disease

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      Publisher CABI Publishing
      Published 18 December 2001
      ISBN-13 9780851995168
      978-0851995168
      ISBN-10 0851995160
      Also in:
      Diseases and disorders Medical parasitology Microbiology (non-medical)

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This 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.

      Table of Contents
      1: The Trematodes 2: The Cestodes 3: The Acanthocephalans 4: The Nematodes 5: Oher Groups 6: Immunology of Helminths 7: Epidemiological Aspects of Helminth Infections 8: Helminthological Techniques

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