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Title Lymphatic filariasis / edited by Thomas B. Nutman
Published London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 283 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Tropical medicine ; v. 1
Tropical medicine ; v. 1.
Contents Ch. 1. Lymphatic filariasis: a historical perspective / T.V. Rajan -- ch. 2. Lymphatic-dwelling filariae / Alan L. Scott -- ch. 3. The population dynamics and epidemiology of lymphatic filariasis / Edwin Michael -- ch. 4. Resistance to infection with lymphatic-dwelling filarial parasites / James W. Kazura -- ch. 5. The clinical manifestations of lymphatic filariasis / V. Kumaraswami -- ch. 6. Diagnosis of lymphatic filarial infections / James McCarthy -- ch. 7. Treatment of lymphatic filariasis / David G. Addiss and Gerusa Dreyer -- ch. 8. Towards eliminating lymphatic filariasis / Eric A. Ottesen -- ch. 9. Immunology of lymphatic filariasis: current controversies / Rick M. Maizels, Judith E. Allen and Maria Yazdanbakhsh -- ch. 10. Worms and microorganisms can cause lymphatic disease in residents of filariasis-endemic areas / Gerusa Dreyer and Willy F. Piessens
Summary This is the first in a series dedicated to the understanding of tropical diseases. This volume examines the basic biology and clinical expression of lymphatic-dwelling filarial parasites, parasites affecting over 128 million people in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Although it is responsible for the disfiguring elephantiasis, infection with this parasite leads to a spectrum of clinical manifestations. The underlying pathogenetic mechanisms of infection, its epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of this often devastating vector-borne diseases will be the focus of this book
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Filariasis.
Elephantiasis, Filarial
MEDICAL -- Parasitology.
Filariasis
Form Electronic book
Author Nutman, Thomas B
ISBN 9781848160866
1848160860