Taenia solium cysticercosis : from basic to clinical science /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Cysticercosis.; Taenia.; Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000); Taenia solium.; Cestode infections.; Clinical aspects.; Disease prevention.; Drug therapy.; Epidemiology.; Human diseases.; Neurocysticercosis.; Pathology.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 457 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book contains 44 chapters on Taenia solium cysticercosis. Six sections cover the following topics: basic science, epidemiology, clinical aspects, pathology, investigational aspects of neurocysticercosis, and therapy and prevention. The likely readership consists of researchers and students in parasitology, neurology, tropical medicine, tropical and infectious diseases and public health. The book is indexed and contains a list of abbreviations.