Practical Enteroparasitology

Author: Shen Yiping Zhang Tao
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: This book systematically covers the pathobiology, pathogenesis, clinical aspects, immunology, diagnostic techniques, epidemiology, and prevention of human intestinal nematode diseases. Based on the current in China, intestinal nematode diseases are divided into two major parts: common intestinal nematode diseases and other intestinal nematode diseases. Additionally, new technologies such as molecular biology are presented in a separate chapter, making a total of three parts and seventeen chapters. New discussions are included in chapters on the immunology of intestinal nematode infections, population transmission dynamics, socio-economic factors in the epidemiology of intestinal nematode diseases, the mechanisms and resistance of common anthelmintic drugs, and mass treatment measures. Numerous electron microscope photographs and diagrams are provided throughout the text and at the end of the book for reference.