附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminaries; TABLE OF CONTENTS; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Distributions and predisposition; 2. Control strategies; 3. Pathophysiology of intestinal nematodes; 4. Intestinal nematodes and cognitive development; 5. The economics of worm control; 6. Immune responses in humans -- Ascaris; 7. Immunity and immune responses to Ascaris suum in pigs; 8. Immune responses in humans -- Trichuris; 9. The immunobiology of hookworm infection; 10. Human host susceptibility to intestinal worm infections; 11. Population genetics of intestinal nematodes.
摘要:The geohelminths together present an enormous infection burden on humanity. Designed to supplement more formal texts on taxonomy, life cycles, morphology, vector distribution, symptoms and treatment, this text embraces diversity and integrates vector, pathogen and host biology.
