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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Despommier, Dickson D.
Other Authors: Gwadz, Robert W., Hotez, Peter J., Karapelou, John W., Gravé, Eric V., Katz, Michael, 1928-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer-Verlag, [1995]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Parasitic Diseases.
Table of Contents:
  • Nematodes
  • Enterobius vermicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Trichuris trichiura (Linnaeus 1771)
  • Ascaris lumbricoides (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Hookworms: Necator americanus (Stiles 1902) and Ancylostoma duodenale (Dubini 1843)
  • Strongyloides sp.: Strongloides stercoralis (Bavay 1876) and Strongyloides fuelleborni (Von Linstow 1905)
  • Trichinella spiralis (Railliet 1896)
  • Lymphatic filariae: Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobbold 1877) and Brugia malayi (Brug 1927)
  • Onchocerca volvulus (Leuckart 1893)
  • Loa loa (Cobbold 1864)
  • Dracunculus medinensis (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Aberrant nematode infections
  • Nematode infections of minor medical importance
  • Cestodes
  • Taenia saginata (Goeze 1782)
  • Taenia solium (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Diphyllobothrium latum (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Larval tapeworms
  • Tapeworms of minor medical importance
  • Trematodes
  • Schistosomes: Schistosoma mansoni (Sambon 1907), Schistosoma japonicum (Katsurada 1904), Schistosoma haematobium (Bilharz 1852)
  • Clonorchis sinensis (Loos 1907)
  • Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Paragonimus westermani (Kerbert 1878).
  • (cont) Trematodes of minor medical importance
  • Protozoa
  • Trichomonas vaginalis (Donne 1836)
  • Giardia lamblia (Stiles 1915)
  • Entamoeba histolytica (Schaudinn 1903)
  • Balantidium coli (Malmsten 1857)
  • Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle and Manceaux 1908)
  • Cryptosporidium sp. and Cyclospora sp.
  • Malaria: Plasmodium falciparum (Welch 1898), Plasmodium vivax (Grassi and Filetti 1889), Plasmodium ovale (Stephens 1922), Plasmodium malariae (Laveran 1881)
  • Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas 1909)
  • African trypanosomes: Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (Dutton 1902) and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (Stephens and Fantham 1910)
  • Leishmania tropica (Wright 1903) and Leishmania mexicana (Biagi 1953)
  • Leishmania braziliensis (Vianna 1911)
  • Leishmania donovani (Ross 1903)
  • Pneumocystis carinii (Delanoe and Delanoe 1912)
  • Protozoans of minor medical importance
  • Nonpathogenic protozoa
  • Arthropods
  • Insects
  • Arachnids
  • Arthropods of monor medical importance
  • Therapeutic recommendations
  • Procedures suggested for examining clinical specimens for agents of parasitic diseases.
  • (cont) Laboratory diagnostic methods
  • Diagnostic atlas of nematodes, cestodes, trematodes and protozoa.