Title Neuroparasitology and tropical neurology / edited by Hector H. Garcia, Herbert B. Tanowitz, Oscar H. Del Brutto

Published Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Series Handbook of clinical neurology ; 114 Handbook of clinical neurology ; 114. Contents Neurological aspects of neglected tropical diseases: an unrecognized burden -- Pathophysiology and characteristics of parasitic infections -- Mechanisms of CNS invasion and damage by parasites -- Immunodiagnosis of CNS parasitic infections -- Imaging of parasitic infections of the central nervous system -- Pathology of CNS parasitic infections -- Protozoa -- Cerebral malaria -- American trypanosomiasis -- Toxoplasmosis -- Entamoeba histolytica brain abscess -- Infections with free-living amebae -- Human African trypanosomiasis -- Microsporidiasis -- Neurological manifestations of human leishmaniasis -- Neurological manifestations of human babesiosis -- Nematoda -- Eosinophilic meningitis -- Toxocariasis -- Strongyloides stercoralis infection complicating the central nervous system -- Neurological manifestations of filarial infections -- Neurotrichinellosis -- Baylisascaris larva migrans -- Other helminthic infections: Ascariasis, Dracontiasis, Lagochilascariasis, Micronemiasis -- Trematoda -- Schistosomiasis of the nervous system -- Paragonimiasis -- Direct and indirect affection of the central nervous system by Fasciola infection -- Cestoda -- Neurocysticercosis -- Cystic and alveolar echinococcosis -- Other cestodes: sparganosis, coenurosis and Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis -- Other tropical neurological disorders -- Neurological effects of venomous bites and stings: snakes, spiders, and scorpions -- Effects of geohelminth infections on neurological development -- Nutritional disorders in tropical neurology Summary This volume provides a comprehensive and contemporary reference on parasitic infections of the human nervous system Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Nervous system -- Diseases Parasitoids. Neurology -- Tropics Tropical medicine. Nervous System Diseases -- parasitology Tropical Medicine Nervous System Diseases PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology. Tropical medicine Nervous system -- Diseases Neurology Parasitoids Tropics Form Electronic book Author Garcia, Hector, editor Tanowitz, Herbert B., editor Brutto, Oscar H. del, 1959- editor. ISBN 9780444534996 0444534997

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