Overview
- Gives a comprehensive overview to the topic
- Refers to individual helminth infections and their specific aspects in biology, epidemiology and resulting health issues in humans
- Highlights the importance of so far neglected infections
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“This very detailed book on helminth infections also describes their impact on worldwide public health. … This is an excellent teaching/learning tool for professionals interested in conditions due to helminths. … This book could be used by medical students, public health trainees, or anybody in medicine, public health, or other fields who is interested in parasitic diseases. … It is unique in its approach to linking knowledge about parasitic illnesses to clinical application and global health problems worldwide.” (Rudolf Jan Kotula, Doody’s Book Reviews, August, 2014)
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Book Title: Helminth Infections and their Impact on Global Public Health
Editors: Fabrizio Bruschi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1782-8
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Wien 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1979-2Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-1782-8Published: 05 May 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 502
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
Topics: Parasitology, Medical Microbiology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Public Health