The VitalBook e-book version of Protozoa and Human Disease is only available in the US and Canada at the present time.
Author: Mark F Wiser
Publisher: Garland Science
ISBN: 9781136738166
Category: Medical
Page: 300
View: 779
The VitalBook e-book version of Protozoa and Human Disease is only available in the US and Canada at the present time. To purchase or rent please visit http://store.vitalsource.com/show/978-1-1367-3816-6.Protozoa and Human Disease is a textbook on medically important protozoa and the diseases they cause for advanced undergraduate students, graduate
Not only parasitologists and experts in tropical medicine but also public health officials and travelers will find this volume highly informative. This thematic collection focuses on key parasites and their vectors in Southeast Asia.
Author: Trevor N. Petney
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9783030711610
Category: Medical
Page: 209
View: 894
This thematic collection focuses on key parasites and their vectors in Southeast Asia. Up-to-date essays invite readers to discover parasite and vector morphology, genetic diversity as well as dynamic parasite communities linked to human land-use and climate change. The authors shed light on transmission pathways and explore tick-borne diseases, intestinal protozoa, cestodes, nematodes and the multiplicity of cryptic trematode species. Particular attention is given to mosquito vectors in changing environments and the dynamic biodiversity of vertebrate hosts, including mammals, birds and fish. The richly illustrated chapters are completed by new approaches in diagnostic methods, treatment and prevention to protect humans and animals from tropical parasite infections. Not only parasitologists and experts in tropical medicine but also public health officials and travelers will find this volume highly informative.
Nutrition. and. Protozoan. Pathogens. of. Humans: A. Primer. Mark F. Wiser. Abbreviations. AIDS Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Th T helper Key Points • Several human diseases are caused by pathogenic protozoa.
Author: Debbie L. Humphries
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9783030569136
Category: Medical
Page: 492
View: 294
This comprehensive and user-friendly volume focuses on the intersection between the fields of nutrition and infectious disease. It highlights the importance of nutritional status in infectious disease outcomes, and the need to recognize the role that nutrition plays in altering the risk of exposure and susceptibility to infection, the severity of the disease, and the effectiveness of treatment. Split into four parts, section one begins with a conceptual model linking nutritional status and infectious diseases, followed by primers on nutrition and immune function, that can serve as resources for students, researchers and practitioners. Section two provides accessible overviews of major categories of pathogens and is intended to be used as antecedents of pathogen-focused subsequent chapters, as well as to serve as discrete educational resources for students, researchers, and practitioners. The third section includes five in-depth case studies on specific infectious diseases where nutrition-infection interactions have been extensively explored: diarrheal and enteric disease, HIV and tuberculosis, arboviruses, malaria, and soil-transmitted helminths. The final section addresses cross-cutting topics such as drug-nutrient interactions, co-infections, and nutrition, infection, and climate change and then concludes by consolidating relevant clinical and public health approaches to addressing infection in the context of nutrition, and thus providing a sharp focus on the clinical relevance of the intersection between nutrition and infection Written by experts in the field, Nutrition and Infectious Diseases will be a go to resource and guide for immunologists, clinical pathologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, nutritionists, and all health care professionals managing and treating patients with infectious diseases.
In part this is because we know so much about all aspects of the biology of our species, but in addition, our varied habitat and diet and our global distribution exposes us to more infections than any other species.
Author: Richard Ashford
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0415276888
Category: Science
Page: 152
View: 850
Homo sapiens rank among the most parasitized of all animals. In part this is because we know so much about all aspects of the biology of our species, but in addition, our varied habitat and diet and our global distribution exposes us to more infections than any other species. Whereas some familiar parasitic infections are responsible for much human disease and suffering, the great majority are rare or obscure forms ignored by all but the most comprehensive texts. The Parasites of Homo sapiens: An Annotated checklist of the Protozoa, Helminths and Arthropods for Which We Are Home, 2nd Edition presents a comprehensive listing of them all. Closely following the pattern of the first edition, this new edition incorporates a wealth of further information and data from the most recently published research findings. An indispensable guide for all parasitologists, it presents a comprehensive checklist of all animals naturally parasitic in or on the human body. Each parasite listed includes a complete summary of its characteristics. The structure of each entry includes: The scientific name of the parasite Synonyms for scientific names Status of reported human cases Geographical distribution and abundance Parasite habitat on humans Hosts Transmission mechanisms Human risk factors Indication of host-specificity status
In part this is because we know so much about all aspects of the biology of our species, but in addition, our varied habitat and diet and our global distribution exposes us to more infections than any other species.
Other protozoal diseases may have serious consequences in animal husbandry and occasionally infect humans who serve as an opportunistic host when exposed to infected animals and insect vectors. An example is babesiosis, which is most ...
Author: Emily Reisner
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 9781284050233
Category: Medical
Page: 848
View: 764
Preceded by An introduction to human disease / Leonard V. Crowley. 9th ed. c2013.
In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the biology, classification and role in disease of protozoa.
Author: Victor Castillo
Publisher: Nova Biomedical
ISBN: 1624170722
Category: Medical
Page: 157
View: 832
In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the biology, classification and role in disease of protozoa. Topics discussed include the current and prospective tools for the control of cattle-infecting Babesia parasites; biological rhythms and cell behaviour in paramecium; the use of protozoan tetrahymena as a cell model; anaerobic energy metabolism in protozoa; the biology of gregarines (protozoa: apicomplexa); the biology of parasitic protozoa cysts involved in human water-borne infections; and the effect of nickel toxicity to nutrient removal by selected indigenous protozoan species in waste-water systems.
Human intestinal protozoan infections are found worldwide in both developing countries and the industrialized world. Pathogenic intestinal protozoa produce disease by infecting the small or large intestine, or both.
Author: Gordon Charles Cook
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 9781416044703
Category: Medical
Page: 1830
View: 834
Providing the latest coverage on emerging and re-emerging diseases from around the world, such as tuberculosis and malaria, this updated guide contains boxes and tables that highlight key information on current therapies. This edition includes online access for more information.