Parasites and their vectors : a special focus on Southeast Asia /

Parasites and their vectors : a special focus on Southeast Asia /

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Imprint:	Wien : Springer, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) : color illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Parasitic diseases -- Southeast Asia. Medical parasitology. Medical parasitology. Parasitic diseases. Southeast Asia.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11083285

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Other authors / contributors:	Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian, editor. Vythilingam, Indra, editor.
ISBN:	9783709115534 3709115531 3709115523 9783709115527 9783709115527
Notes:	Includes index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 3, 2014).
Summary:	Southeast Asia is a region where a myriad of infections are endemic. It is a hotspot region for parasitic diseases. Currently, information on parasitic infections and vectors found in Southeast Asia is sporadic and there has been no attempt to extensively collate and integrate these data. Gaps in our knowledge, which include disease patterns, transmission dynamics and vectors still exist. This book highlights parasitic diseases that are peculiar to Southeast Asia, pinpoints similarities and differences between disease patterns in the respective member countries and provide information on new emerging parasitic diseases in this region. Critically, this book will heighten understanding of parasitic diseases and their vectors in this diverse region and this knowledge will be significant for future regional research efforts in this field.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783709115527
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-7091-1553-4

Table of Contents:

Southeast Asia: Hotspot for Parasitic Infections
Plasmodium knowlesi: Emergent Human Malaria in Southeast Asia
Filarial Worms in Southeast Asia
Vectors of Malaria and Filariasis in Southeast Asia: A Changing Scenario
Unravelling Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Southeast Asia
Entamoeba histolytica in Southeast Asia
Romancing Blastocystis: A 20-Year Affair
Toxoplasma gondii: The Parasite in Trend
Sarcocystis spp. and Pentastomes in Southeast Asia
Free-Living Amoebae in Southeast Asia
Soil-Transmitted Helminths: The Neglected Parasites
Epidemiology of Cestode and Trematode in Southeast Asian Countries.