Schistosomiasis / edited by Mohammad Bagher Rokni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bagher Rokni, Mohammad, Editor.

Contributor:

Bagher Rokni, Mohammad, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schistosomiasis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2012

[Place of publication not identified] : IntechOpen, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the wake of the invitation by InTech, this book was written by a number of prominent researchers in the field. It is set to present a compendium of all necessary and up-to-date data to all who are interested. Schistosomiasis or blood fluke disease, also known as Bilharziasis, is a parasitic disease caused by helminths from a genus of trematodes entitled Schistosoma. It is a snail-borne trematode infection. The disease is among the Neglected Tropical Diseases, catalogued by the Global Plan to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008-2015 and is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be the second most socioeconomically devastating parasitic disease, next to malaria. WHO demonstrates that schistosomiasis affects at least 200 million people worldwide, more than 700 million people live in endemic areas, and more than 200.000 deaths are reported annually. It leads to the loss of about 4.5 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 15, 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789535167228

9535167227