Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites

Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites / edited by K. Darwin Murrell, Bernard Fried.

The food-borne parasites discussed in this book are infections of animals which are transmissible to humans and constitute an important component of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (The World Health Organization). The increasing recognition of the public health significance of these zoonoses, their...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Murrell, K. Darwin (Editor), Fried, Bernard (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:World Class Parasites, 11
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Parasitology.
Microbiology.
Public health.
Infectious diseases.
Virology.
Food—Biotechnology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Fish- and Invertebrate-Borne Parasites
  • Liver Flukes
  • Intestinal Flukes
  • Paragonimiasis
  • Diphyllobothriasis: The Diphyllobothrium latumHuman Infection Conundrum and Reconciliation with a Worldwide Zoonosis
  • Anisakid Nematodes and Anisakiasis
  • Capillariasis
  • Gnathostomiasis
  • Angiostrongyliasis
  • Plant-Borne Parasites
  • Plant-Borne Trematode Zoonoses: Fascioliasis and Fasciolopsiasis
  • General Aspects of Infection
  • Immunology of the Infection
  • Molecular Epidemiology of Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses.

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