The geohelminths ascaris, trichuris, and hookworm /

The geohelminths ascaris, trichuris, and hookworm /

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The soil-transmitted nematode parasites, or geohelminths, are so called because they have a direct life cycle, which involves no intermediate hosts or vectors, and are transmitted by faecal contamination of soil, foodstuffs and water supplies. They all inhabit the intestine in their adult stages but...

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Other Authors: Holland, Celia, Kennedy, M. W (Malcolm W.)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©2002
Series:World class parasites ; v. 2
Subjects:
Ascariasis
Hookworm disease
Trichuriasis
MEDICAL > Parasitology
Ascariasis > physiopathology
Ascariasis > veterinary
Trichuriasis > physiopathology
Trichuriasis > veterinary
Hookworm Infections > physiopathology
Hookworm Infections > veterinary
Table of Contents:
  • Epidemiological patterns and consequences
  • Distributions and predisposition / Celia Holland and Jaap Boes
  • Control strategies / Lorenzo Savioli, Antonio Montresor and Marco Albonico
  • The cost and the damage done
  • Pathophysiology of intestinal nematodes / Lani S. Stephenson
  • Intestinal nematodes and cognitive development / Jane Kvalsvig
  • The economics of worm control / Helen Guyatt
  • Immunology
  • mice, pigs and people
  • Immune responses in humans : Ascaris / Philip J. Cooper
  • Immunity and immune responses to Ascaris suum in pigs / Gregers Jungersen
  • Immune responses in humans : Trichuris / Helen Faulkner and Janette E. Bradley
  • The immunobiology of hookworm infection / David I. Pritchard [and others]
  • Genetics
  • mice, worms and people
  • Human host susceptibility to intestinal worm infections / Sarah Williams-Blangero and John Blangero
  • Population genetics of intestinal nematodes / Helen Roberts
  • Parasite strain diversity and host immune responses / Derek Wakelin and Janette E. Bradley
  • The value of mutation scanning approaches for detecting genetic variation : implications for studying intestinal nematodes of humans / Robin B. Gasser, Zhu and Neil B. Cilton
  • Opportunities and prospects for investigating developmentally gulated and sex-specigenesndheir expression intestinal nematodes of humans / Susan E. Newton, Peter R. Boag, and Robin B. Gasser
  • Interaction between geohelminth infections and other diseases
  • Schistosomiasis and reduced risk of atopic diseases: new insights and possible mechanisms / Anita H.J. van den Biggelaar and Maria Yazdanbakhsh
  • Geohelminths, HIV/AIDS, and TB / Gadi Borkow and Zvi Bentwich

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