E-Book, Englisch, 680 Seiten, E-Book
Gillespie / Pearson Principles and Practice of Clinical Parasitology
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-470-85172-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, 680 Seiten, E-Book
ISBN: 978-0-470-85172-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
A comprehensive account of protozoan and metozoan diseases inmodern clinical practice, with orientation towards clinicalmanagement of parasitic infections. In the past, parasitology wasconsidered as an obscure subject of little relevance to themajority of clinicians and microbiologists. Over the last decade,however, much has happened to change this, not least the explosionin foreign travel
This textbook is the forth in the Principles and Practice series,providing an expansive and detailed coverage of clinicalmicrobiology. It has a similar appeal to that of Zuckerman's,Principles & Practice of Clinical Virology, with aninternational authorship and emphasis placed on integrating newknowledge in a clinically relevant manner.
. An essential, up-to-date sourcebook on the fundamentals of humanparasitology
. Provides a global approach with renowned and internationalauthorship
. Completes the quartet of Principles and Practice series inMicrobiology
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Contributors.
Preface.
1. History of Parasitology (G.C.Cook)
2. Parasite Epidemiology (D.A.P. Bundy and E. Michael)
3. Malaria (B-A. Biggs and G.V. Brown)
4. Babesiosis (J.A. Gelfand and D.P. Poutsiaka)
5. Toxoplasmosis (J.D. Schwartzman)
6. Cryptosporidiosis and Isosporiosis (C.L. Sears and B.D.Kirkpatrick)
7. Cyclospora (R.L. Guerrant and T. S. Steiner)
8. Microsporidia (E.U. Canning)
9. Amebas (U. Singh and W.A. Petri Jr)
10. Giardia lamblia (D.R. Hill)
11. Trichomonads (J.P. Ackers)
12. Pathogenic and Opportunistic Free-living Amebas: Naegleriafowleri, Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris (A.J.Martinez and G.S. Visvesvara)
13. Leishmaniasis (R.D. Pearson et al)
14A. African Trypanosomiasis (I. Balakrishnan and A. Zumla)
14B. American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas' Disease) (L.V.Kirchhoff)
15. Blastocystis (D.J. Stenzel and R.E. Boreham)
16. Schistosomiasis (G.R. Olds and S. Dasarathy)
17. Hepatobiliary and Pulmonary Flukes: Opisthorchis, Clonorchis,Fasciola and Paragonimus Species (T.R. Hawn and E.C. Jong)
18A. Blood-borrne Filarial Infection: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugiamalayi, Brugia timori, Loa loa, Mansonella perstans and Mansonellaozzardi (T.B. Nutman)
18B. Onchocerciasis (J. Whitworth)
18C. Strongyloides stercoralis and S. fulleborni (J.F. Lindo andM.G. Lee)
19A. Toxocariasis (M.R.H. Taylor and C.V. Holland)
19B. Trichinellosis (P.M. Schantz and V. Dietz)
19C. Migrating Worms (S.H. Gillespie)
20. Dracunculiasis (R. Muller)
21. Intestinal Nematodes (S.H. Gillespie)
22. Echinococcosis (R.C.A. Thompson)
23. Cestodes (K. Willms and J. Sotelo)
24. Intestinal Trematodes (T.R. Hawn and E.C. Jong)
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