| Description |
1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Helminthiasis : a challenge to health and development -- One day in the life of Mumbua -- Public health priorities : decisions for controlling helminthiasis -- Common themes and concepts in helminthiasis -- Cestodiasis -- Dracunculiasis -- Food-borne trematodiasis -- Lymphatic filariasis -- Onchocerciasis -- Schistosomiasis -- Soil-transmitted helminthiasis -- Strongyloidiasis -- Trichinellosis (trichinosis) -- Use of anthelminthic drugs in the public health arena -- Health awareness and helminthiasis -- Water and sanitation : availability, needs, and provision -- Helminthiasis and the millennium development goals |
| Summary |
Provides information essential in the development of an integrated approach to the prevention, control and treatment of disease caused by endoparasitic helminths. The text is divided into sections dealing with the main groups of helminth infections and the diseases they induce. Each section addresses diagnostic techniques, epidemiology/distribution, pathogenesis, morbidity/pathology, treatment, prevention, and control. Emphasis is placed on methods for reducing morbidity, interrupting and reducing transmission, and techniques to prevent infection. This book is intended to be a practical manual for all involved in reducing the burden of disease and the economic costs of human helminthiasis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Helminthiasis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Helminthiasis.
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Intestines -- Infections.
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Health promotion.
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Public health.
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Helminthiasis
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
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Developing Countries
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Health Promotion
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Helminths -- parasitology
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Public Health
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public health.
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MEDICAL -- Parasitology.
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Public health
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Intestines -- Infections
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Health promotion
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Helminthiasis
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Developing countries.
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Developing countries
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Savioli, Lorenzo.
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| ISBN |
9781420004946 |
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1420004948 |
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9780429123580 |
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0429123582 |
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0849333288 |
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9780849333286 |
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