Taenia solium cysticercosis : from basic to clinical science /
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 p...
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
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2002.
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Table of Contents:
- Taenia solium : Basic Biology and Transmission / Zbigniew S. Pawlowski
- Taenia solium Cysticercosis : New and Revisited Immunological Aspects / Ana Flisser, Dolores Correa and Carlton A.W. Evans
- Molecular Determinants of Host-Parasite Interactions : Focus on Parasite / José L. Molinari and Patricia Tato
- Animal Models of Taenia solium Cysticercosis : Role in Understanding Host-Parasite Interactions / Astrid E. Cardona and Judy M. Teale
- Mitochondrial DNA of Taenia solium : From Basic to Applied Science / Akira Ito, Minoru Nakao, Munehiro Okamoto, Yasuhito Sako and Hiroshi Yamasaki
- Hereditary Factors in Neurocysticercosis with Emphasis on Single, Small, Enhancing CT Lesions / Vasantha Padma, Satish Jain, Achal Srivastava, Manjari Tripathi and Mahesh C. Maheshwari
- Taenia solium Cysticercosis : an Overview of Global Distribution and Transmission / Peter M. Schantz
- What Have We Learnt From Epidemiological Studies of Taenia solium Cysticercosis in Peru? / Hector H. García, Robert H. Gilman, Armando E. Gonzalez, Manuela Verastegui, Victor C.W. Tsang and The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru
- Epidemiology of Taenia solium Taeniasis and Cysticercosis in Mexico / Elsa Sarti
- Taenia solium Taeniasis and Cysticercosis in Central America / José Garcia-Noval, Ana L. Sanchez and James C. Allan
- Neurocysticercosis in Brazil : Epidemiological Aspects / Svetlana Agapejev
- Taenia solium Taeniasis and Cysticercosis in Asia / Gagandeep Singh, Sudesh Prabhakar, Akira Ito, Seung Yull Cho and Dong-Chuan Qiu
- Taenia solium Cysticercosis in Africa / Michel Druet-Cabanac, Bienvenue Ramanankandrasana, Sylvie Bisser, Louis Dongmo, Gilbert Avodé, Léopold Nzisabira, Michel Dumas and Pierre-Marie Preux
- Taenia solium Cysticercosis : the Special Case of the United States / Wayne X. Shandera, Peter M. Schantz and A. Clinton White Jr
- Porcine Cysticercosis / Armando E. Gonzalez, Patricia P. Wilkins and Teresa Lopez
- Taenia solium : A Historical Note / Noshir H. Wadia and Gagandeep Singh
- Neurocysticercosis : an Overview of Clinical Presentations / Sudesh Prabhakar and Gagandeep Singh
- Meningeal Cysticercosis / Oscar H. Del Brutto
- Heavy Multilesional Cysticercotic Syndromes / Oscar H. Del Brutto, Hector H. García and Sudesh Prabhakar
- Intraventricular Neurocysticercosis / Albert C. Cuetter and Russell J. Andrews
- Neurocysticercosis and Epilepsy / Arturo Carpio and W. Allen Hauser
- Cerebrovascular Manifestations of Neurocysticercosis / Fernando Barinagarrementeria and Carlos Cantú
- Taenia solium Cysticercosis : Uncommon Manifestations / Gagandeep Singh and Indermohan S. Sawhney
- The Story Behind Solitary Cysticercus Granuloma / Vedantam Rajshekhar
- Seizures Due to Solitary Cysticercus Granuloma / J.M.K. Murthy
- Paediatric Neurocysticercosis / Sudesh Prabhakar and Gagandeep Singh
- Psychiatric Manifestations of Neurocysticercosis / Orestes V. Forlenza
- Taenia solium Cysticercosis : Ophthalmic Aspects / Atul Kumar and Namrata Sharma
- Neurocysticercosis : Diagnosis and Treatment in Special Situations / Ravindra K. Garg and Alok M. Kar
- The Pathology of Neurocysticercosis / Alfonso Escobar and Karen M. Weidenheim
- Single Small Enhancing Computed Tomography Lesions : Pathological Correlates / Geeta Chacko
- Imaging and Spectroscopy of Neurocysticercosis / Deepshikha Sharda, Sanjeev Chawla and Rakesh K. Gupta
- Taenia solium Cysticercosis : Immunodiagnosis of Neurocysticercosis and Taeniasis / Patricia P. Wilkins, Marianna Wilson, James C. Allan and Victor C.W. Tsang
- Antigen-based Immunoassays in the Diagnosis of Taenia solium Cysticercosis / Dolores Correa, Raquel Tapia-Romero, Antonio Meza-Lucas and Olga Mata-Ruiz
- Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Diagnosis of Taenia solium Cysticercosis / Taru Meri and Seppo Meri
- Immunodiagnosis in Solitary Cysticercus Granulomas / Anna Oomen
- Pharmacology of Anticysticercal Therapy / Helgi Jung and Dinora F. González-Esquivel
- Controversies in the Drug Treatment of Neurocysticercosis / Bhim S. Singhal and Rodrigo A. Salinas
- Neurocysticercosis : Neurosurgical Perspective / Bhawani S. Sharma and P. Sarat Chandra
- Endoscopic Management of Intraventricular Cysticercosis / Marvin Bergsneider and Jaime H. Nieto
- Control of Taenia solium with Emphasis on Treatment of Taeniasis / James C. Allan, Philip S. Craig and Zbigniew S. Pawlowski
- Taenia solium Vaccination : Present Status and Future Prospects / Carlton A.W. Evans
- Control of Taenia solium with Porcine Chemotherapy / Armando E. Gonzalez
- Use of a Simulation Model to Evaluate Control Programmes against Taenia solium Cysticercosis / Armando E. Gonzalez, Robert H. Gilman, Hector H. García and Teresa Lopez.