- 362 pages
- English
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Handbook of Helminthiasis for Public Health
About this book
Written 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
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Yes, you can access Handbook of Helminthiasis for Public Health by D. W. T. Crompton,Lorenzo Savioli in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Infectious Diseases. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- Preface and Purpose
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- List of Tables
- Table of Contents
- 1. Helminthiasis - A Challenge to Health and Development
- 2. One Day in the Life of Mumbua
- 3. Public Health Priorities: Decisions for Controlling Helminthiasis
- 4. Common Themes and Concepts in Helminthiasis
- 5. Cestodiasis
- 6. Dracunculiasis
- 7. Food-Borne Trematodiasis
- 8. Lymphatic Filariasis
- 9. Onchocerciasis
- 10. Schistosomiasis
- 11. Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis
- 12. Strongyloidiasis
- 13. Trichinellosis (Trichinosis)
- 14. Use of Anthelminthic Drugs in the Public Health Arena*
- 15. Health Awareness and Helminthiasis
- 16. Water and Sanitation: Availability, Needs, and Provision
- 17. Helminthiasis and the Millennium Development Goals
- Appendix 1. Glossary of Some Terms and Abbreviations Relating to Human Host-Helminth Interactions and Helminthiasis
- Appendix 2. Journals for Helminthology, Helminthiasis, and Control Interventions
- Appendix 3. Methods for the Detection of Helminth Eggs in Stool Samples*
- Appendix 4. A Model Framework for the Control of Morbidity Due to FBT Infections
- Index
- Back cover