Toxocara : the enigmatic parasite /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Toxocara.; Toxocariasis > etiology.; Toxocara > pathogenicity.; Larva migrans, Visceral.; Health Economics, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000); Human Immunology and Allergology, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000); Animal Models of Human Diseases, (New March 2000); Physiology and Biochemistry (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Man.; Animal models.; Asthma.; Brain.; Brain diseases.; Clinical aspects.; Disease models.; Economic evaluation.; Economic impact.; Epidemiology.; Human diseases.; Immunology.; Molecular biology.; Public health.; Toxocariasis.; Veterinary parasitology.; Zoonoses.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book contains 19 chapters focusing on Toxocara and the disease it causes known as toxocariasis. The chapters are divided into the following parts: molecular biology (3 chapters); Toxocara as a model system (2); animal models for toxocariasis (1); human disease (4); immunology of toxocariasis (2); epidemiology of toxocariasis (3); Toxocara in the veterinary context (3); economic impact of the disease (1). It will interest a wide range of general, veterinary and medical parasitologists as well as clinicians and those concerned with public health.