Tapeworms, lice, and prions : a compendium of unpleasant infections / David I. Grove.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grove, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parasitic diseases.

Prion diseases.

Pediculosis.

Tapeworms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (611 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An extraordinary array of infectious agents affects humans; from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. In this compendium of the curious and fascinating organisms that cause disease, including Legionnaire's disease, mumps, CJD, and chlamydia, David I. Grove provides a lively, fact-filled account of the nature of each organism, their life cycle, the ingenious ways in which they infect humans, and the human stories behind their discovery.

Contents:

Cover; Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions: A compendium of unpleasant infections; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I: INFECTION: the search for its causes; PART II: WORMS; 1: Ascaris-the giant intestinal roundworm; 2: Tapeworms; 3: Hookworm anaemia; 4: Schistosomiasis (sometimes called Bilharziasis); 5: Filariasis (elephantiasis); PART III: ARTHROPODS; 6: Lice (pediculosis); 7: The itch (scabies); PART IV: FUNGI; 8: Tinea (ringworm, etc.); 9: Candidiasis (thrush); PART V: PROTOZOA; 10: Giardiasis; 11: Amoebic dysentery and liver abscess; 12: Malaria

13: Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)14: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (Oriental sore) and visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar); 15: Chagas disease (South American trypanosomiasis); PART VI: BACTERIA; 16: The germ theory of disease; 17: Anthrax; 18: Tuberculosis (consumption); 19: Leprosy (Hansen's disease); 20: The golden staphylococcus; 21: The pus-forming streptococcus; Childbed fever; Infections of the skin and underlying tissues; Tonsillitis and scarlet fever; Post-streptococcal diseases; Rheumatic fever; Post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis; 22: The pneumococcus and pneumonia

Upper respiratory infections: sinusitis, middle ear infections, and mastoiditis23: Gonorrhoea (the clap); 24: Syphilis (the pox); 25: The meningococcus and meningitis; 26: Diphtheria; 27: Whooping cough (pertussis); 28: Cholera; 29: Typhoid fever; 30: Escherichia coli; 31: Bacillary dysentery (shigellosis); 32: Tetanus (lockjaw); 33: Plague (the Black Death); 34: Brucellosis (undulant fever); 35: Legionnaires' disease; 36: Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcers; 37: Typhus; 38: Chlamydia, trachoma, and urethritis; PART VII: VIRUSES

39: The discovery of viruses and determination of their natureVaccination (or immunization); Filtration; Cell culture and chick embryo culture; Cytopathic effect and plaque assays; Immunology; Electron microscopy; Biochemistry; X-ray crystallography; Molecular biology; 40: Smallpox (variola); 41: Rabies (hydrophobia); 42: Yellow fever; 43: Dengue fever (breakbone fever); 44: Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis); 45: Measles (rubeola); 46: German measles (rubella); 47: Mumps; 48: Varicella (chickenpox and shingles); 49: Herpes simplex (cold sores and more)

50: Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis)51: Influenza (the flu); 52: Viral hepatitis (A, B, and C); Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis A virus; Hepatitis C virus; 53: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; PART VIII: PRIONS; 54: Kuru, mad cows, and variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease; PART IX: UNDE VENIS ET QUO VADIS?; REFERENCES; GLOSSARY; NOTES ON PRONUNCIAT I O N; FURTHER READING; FIGURECREDITS; PERSON INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-165345-4

0-19-165344-6