Parasites and their vectors A special focus on Southeast Asia /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian. (Editor), Vythilingam, Indra. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Parasitology.; Infectious diseases.; Biomedicine.; Infectious Diseases.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

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 ou...

Table of Contents:

• 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.