Parasites and their vectors

A special focus on Southeast Asia
2014
ISBN: 978-3-7091-1552-7
Verlag: Springer Vienna

Buch, Englisch, 263 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 5325 g

Southeast Asia is a region where a myriad of infections are endemic. It is a hotspot region for parasitic diseases. Currently, information on parasitic infections and vectors found in Southeast Asia is sporadic and there has been no attempt to extensively collate and integrate these data. Gaps in our knowledge, which include disease patterns, transmission dynamics and vectors still exist. This book highlights parasitic diseases that are peculiar to Southeast Asia, pinpoints similarities and differences between disease patterns in the respective member countries and provide information on new emerging parasitic diseases in this region. Critically, this book will heighten understanding of parasitic diseases and their vectors in this diverse region and this knowledge will be significant for future regional research efforts in this field.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vythilingam, Indra

Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinische Mikrobiologie & Virologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinische Parasitologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Southeast Asia: Hotspot for Parasitic Infections.- Plasmodium knowlesi: Emergent Human Malaria in Southeast Asia.- Filarial Worms in Southeast Asia.- Vectors of Malaria and Filariasis in Southeast Asia: A Changing Scenario.- Unravelling Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Southeast Asia.- Entamoeba histolytica in Southeast Asia.- Romancing Blastocystis: A 20-Year Affair.- Toxoplasma gondii: The Parasite in Trend.- Sarcocystis spp. and Pentastomes in Southeast Asia.- Free-Living Amoebae in Southeast Asia.- Soil-Transmitted Helminths: The Neglected Parasites.- Epidemiology of Cestode and Trematode in Southeast Asian Countries.