| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Human parasitology // Burton J. Bogitsh, Clint E. Carter, Thomas N. Oeltmann. |
| Author: |
Bogitsh, Burton J., |
| other author: |
Carter, Clint E., |
| Description: |
1 online resource |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- Symbiosis and Parasitism; Definitions; Commensalism; Phoresis; Parasitism; Mutualism; Ecological aspects of parasitism; Medical implications; Control Impediments; Intermediate Hosts; Vectors; Resistance and Resurgence; Impact of Genomics; Diagnosis; Factors Influencing Prevalence; Unsanitary Living Conditions; Disease Control and Treatment; Poor Nutrition; Health Education; Regional and Ethnic Customs; Climatic Conditions; Opportunistic Parasitism; Evolution of parasitism; References; Suggested Readings |
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Chapter 2 -- Parasite-Host InteractionsEffects of parasites on hosts; Tissue Damage; Parenchymatous or Albuminous Degeneration; Fatty Degeneration; Necrosis; Tissue Changes; Hyperplasia; Hypertrophy; Metaplasia; Neoplasia; Biologial adaptations of parasitism; Physiology and Biochemistry of Parasitism; Immunology; Toll-like Receptors; Class I Endogenous Pathway; Class II Exogenous Pathway; T-Cell Activity; B-Cell Activity; Genetics of Immunoglobulin Variability; Opportunistic parasites; Toxoplasma Gondii; Cryptosporidium Parvum; Enterocytozoon Bieneusi; Leishmania spp.; Trypanosoma Cruzi |
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Plasmodium spp.Giardia Lamblia; Strongyloides Stercoralis; Schistosoma spp.; Resistance; Suggested Readings; Chapter 3 -- General Characteristics of the Euprotista (Protozoa); Locomotor organelles; Flagella; Cilia; Pseudopodia; Other organelles; Nucleus; Vesicular Nucleus; Compact Nucleus; Mitochondria; Golgi Complex; Lysosomes; Cytoplasmic Food Storage; Ribosomes; Costa, Axostyle, and Vacuoles; Encystation; Reproduction; Classification of the protozoa; Kingdom Euprotista; Phylum Euglenozoa; Phylum Retortamonada; Phylum Parabasalia; Phylum Rhizopoda; Phylum Percolozoa; Phylum Apicomplexa |
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Phylum CiliophoraSuggested Readings; Chapter 4 -- Visceral Protista I; Amoebae; Entamoeba histolytica; Life Cycle; Epidemiology and Pathology; Symptomatology and Diagnosis; Chemotherapy; Physiology; Host Immune Response; Prevention; Entamoeba dispar; Entamoeba hartmanni; Entamoeba coli; Entamoeba polecki; Entamoeba gingivalis; Iodamoeba bütschlii; Endolimax nana; Pathogenic free-living amoebae; Naegleria Fowleri; Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia; Microsporidians; Ciliates; Balantidium Coli; Life Cycle; Epidemiology; Symptomatology and Diagnosis; Chemotherapy; Suggested Readings |
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Chapter 5 -- Visceral Protistans IINontrichomonad flagellates; Giardia Lamblia (=G. Duodenalis); Life Cycle; Epidemiology; Symptomatology and Diagnosis; Chemotherapy; Physiology; Host Immune Response; Prevention; Chilomastix Mesnili; Retortamonis Intestinalis; Enteromonas Hominis; Dientamoeba Fragilis; The genus trichomonas and related forms; Trichomonas Tenax; Trichomonas Vaginalis; Life Cycle; Epidemiology; Symptomatology and Diagnosis; Chemotherapy; Physiology; Pentatrichomonas (Trichomonas) Hominis; Suggested Readings; Chapter 6 -- Blood and Tissue Protistans I; Morphologic Forms |
| Subject: |
Medical parasitology. - |
| Online resource: |
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128137123 |
| ISBN: |
9780128137130 |