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Worms and human disease / Ralph Muller ; with contributions and the chapter on immunology from Derek Wakelin.

Holman Biotech Commons RC119.7 .M84 2002
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Muller, Ralph, 1933-
Contributor:
Wakelin, Derek.
Muller, Ralph, 1933-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Medical helminthology.
Helminthiasis.
Helminths--pathogenicity.
Medical Subjects:
Helminths--pathogenicity.
Helminthiasis.
Physical Description:
ix, 300 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : CABI, 2002.
Summary:
This second edition of the popular advanced student textbook (previously published as Worms and Disease: A Manual of Medical Helminthology) has been thoroughly updated and revised since it was first published in 1975. It is an authoritative handbook covering all human helminth infections with particular emphasis on diagnosis, treatment, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, epidemiology and control. Practical guidelines are given for estimating the clinical and public significance of helminthiases, vital in areas where the majority of inhabitants are infected with many helminths but only a few are sick.
Contents:
1. The Trematodes 3
Morphology 5
Life Cycle Stages 6
Classification 6
Family Schistosomatidae 9
Schistosomes 9
Family Paragonimidae 32
Paragonimus westermani 32
Family Achillurbainiidae 37
Family Opisthorchidae 38
Clonorchis sinensis 38
Opisthorchis viverrini 43
Opisthorchis felineus 44
Family Dicrocoeliidae 45
Dicrocoelium dendriticum 45
Family Fasciolidae 46
Fasciola hepatica 46
Fasciolopsis buski 49
Family Heterophyidae 51
Heterophyes heterophyes 51
Metagonimus yokogawai 53
Family Paramphistomidae 55
Gastrodiscoides hominis 55
Family Echinostomidae 56
Echinostoma ilocanum 56
Other Echinostomids 56
Other Occasional and Rare Human-parasitic Trematodes 58
Family Diplostomidae 58
Family Lecithodendriidae 58
Family Plagiorchiidae 58
Family Troglotrematidae 58
Other families 59
2. The Cestodes 63
Classification 64
Order Pseudophyllidea 65
Diphyllobothrium latum 65
Sparganosis 70
Order Cyclophyllidea 71
Family Taeniidae 71
Taenia saginata 71
Taenia solium 76
Cysticercosis 80
Taenia multiceps 83
Echinococcus granulosus 85
Echinococcus multilocularis 94
Echinococcus oligarthrus 97
Echinococcus vogeli 97
Family Hymenolepididae 98
Hymenolepis nana 98
Hymenolepis diminuta 101
Family Dipylididae 102
Dipylidium caninum 102
Very occasional human tapeworms 102
3. The Acanthocephala 106
Moniliformis moniliformis 106
Macranthorhynchus hirudinaceus 107
4. The Nematomorpha 108
5. The Nematodes 109
Classification 109
A Key to Nematodes Parasitic in Humans 113
Intestinal Nematodes 115
Geohelminths 115
Order Rhabditida 115
Family Strongyloididae 115
Strongyloides stercoralis 115
Order Strongylida 126
Family Ancylostomatidae 126
Necator americanus 126
Ancylostoma duodenale 134
Other Strongyles 137
Family Trichostrongylidae 138
Trichostrongylus spp. 138
Family Chabertiidae 139
Ternidens deminutus 139
Oesophagostomum bifurcum 140
Family Syngamidae 142
Mammomonogamus laryngeus 142
Family Angiostrongylidae 143
Parastrongylus cantonensis 143
Parastrongylus costaricensis 145
Order Ascaridida 147
Family Ascarididae 147
Ascaris lumbricoides 147
Lagochilascaris minor 153
Baylisascaris procyonis 153
Family Anisakidae 154
Anisakis and other anisakids 154
Larva Migrans 156
Visceral larva migrans 156
Toxocara and Toxascaris 156
Cutaneous marva migrans or 'creeping eruption' 159
Order Oxyurida 160
Family Oxyuridae 160
Enterobius vermicularis 160
Order Enoplida 164
Family Trichuridae 164
Trichuris trichiura 164
Tissue Nematodes 173
Order Enoplida 173
Family Trichuridae 173
Aonchotheca philippinensis 173
Calodium hepaticum 175
Eucoleus aerophilus 175
Family Trichinellidae 176
Trichinella spiralis 176
Family Dioctophymidae 184
Dioctophyma renale 184
Superfamily Mermithoidea 184
Order Spirurida 184
Superfamily Gnathostomoidea 184
Gnathostoma spinigerum 184
Other Spirurids 187
Superfamily Filarioidea: the Filariae 188
Wuchereria bancrofti 190
Brugia malayi 202
Loa loa 206
Onchocerca volvulus 211
Mansonella perstans 221
Mansonella streptocerca 223
Mansonella ozzardi 225
Accidental filarial infections 226
Superfamily Dracunculoidea 228
Dracunculus medinensis 228
6. Other (Non-helminth) Groups 240
Pentastomes 240
Armillifer (= Porocephalus) armillata 240
Linguatula serrata 240
Leeches 241
Myiasis 241
7. Immunology of Helminths 243
8. Epidemiological Aspects of Helminth Infections 252
9. Helminthological Techniques 255
Appendix 1 Summary of Some Landmarks in Medical Helminthology 271
Appendix 2 Glossary of Helminthological Terms 273
Appendix 3 Location of Helminths in the Human Body 279.
Notes:
Rev. ed. of: Worms and disease / Ralph Muller. c1975.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0851995160
OCLC:
46402588

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