Worms and human disease /

• Main Authors: Muller, Ralph, 1933- (Author), Wakelin, Derek, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Medical helminthology.; Helminthiasis.; Helminths > pathogenicity.; Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000); Pharmacology, (New March 2000); Pathogens, Parasites and Infectious Diseases (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Acanthocephala.; Eucestoda.; Nematoda.; Nematomorpha.; Trematoda.; Diagnosis.; Diagnostic techniques.; Epidemiology.; Helminthology.; Helminthoses.; Helminths.; Human diseases.; Immunology.; Electronic books.
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• Item Description: Rev. ed. of: Worms and disease / Ralph Muller. c1975.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book contains nine chapters on worms and human diseases. The book is written for physicians and medical technologists as a practical guide in human helminthology and for microbiologists, undergraduate and postgraduate students as an accessory text and a reference source. This is the second edition of Worms and Disease: A Manual of Medical Helminthology published in 1975. Topics covered are: trematodes; cestodes; Acanthocephala; Nematomorpha; nematodes; non-helminth groups; immunology of helminths; epidemiological aspects of helminth infections; helminthological techniques.