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Title Amebiasis / edited by Jonathan I. Ravdin
Published London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 186 pages) : illustrations
Series Tropical medicine ; v. 2
Tropical medicine ; v. 2.
Contents Ch. 1. Entamoeba histolytica: an overview of the biology of the organism / C.G. Clark, M. Espinosa Cantellano and A. Bhattacharya -- ch. 2. Epidemiology / Terry FHG Jackson -- ch. 3. Mechanisms of host resistance / D. Campbell and K. Chadee -- ch. 4. Pathogenesis and molecular biology / G. Ramakrishnan and W.A. Petri, Jr. -- ch. 5. Clinical manifestations and diagnosis / S.L. Reed -- ch. 6. Treatment / D.R. Pillai, J.S. Keystone and K.C. Kain -- ch. 7. Prevention and potential of new interventions / S.L. Stanley, Jr. -- ch. 8. Current controversies / Jonathan I Ravdin -- ch. 9. Unresolved and open questions in research / David Mirelman
Summary Amebiasis presents the most up-to-date overview of the field, encompassing all aspects of epidemiology, clinical management, and research. The most authoritative physicians and scientists worldwide have contributed to this effort. Future research directions are well defined by those at the cutting edge of the field. Students, postgraduate trainees, clinicians and researchers will find great value in these concise reviews
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Amebiasis.
Protozoan diseases.
Liver abscess, Amebic.
Amebiasis
Entamoeba -- pathogenicity
Protozoan Infections
Liver Abscess, Amebic
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious.
MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases.
Amebiasis
Liver abscess, Amebic
Protozoan diseases
Form Electronic book
Author Ravdin, Jonathan I
ISBN 9781848160583
1848160585