The Parasite Chronicles (eBook)

My Lifelong Odyssey Among the Parasites that Cause Human Disease

Boo H. Kwa (Autor)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2017
XVII, 177 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-74923-5 (ISBN)

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This book introduces the reader to the fascinating world of parasites that cause human disease. It is written in a first-person style relating anecdotes and personal encounters of parasites by the author. It tells stories about exotic parasites diseases, interesting factoids about the life history of unusual parasites species, and strange ways in which humans can become infected. However this is also a serious topic, as there is increasing movement of populations and goods occurring in a globalized world, resulting in previously exotic parasites being brought into new regions of the world. This book about parasite infections will be of interest to business travelers and tourists alike, and the book discusses simple common sense ways to avoid them.

B.H. Kwa, BS 1968 and MS 1971, Australian National University; Ph.D. 1977 University of Malaya.  Associate Professor, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 1972-1986.  Nuffield Fellow, Imperial College, London, England, 1976-77.  W.H.O. Visiting Scientist and Visiting Fellow in Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 1984.  Assistant Professor 1986-1994 Associate Professor 1994-2000 and Professor 2000- present, College of Public Health, University of South Florida.  Awarded USF College of Public Health Distinguished Teaching Award, 1998.  Fulbright Fellow and Visiting Professor, USM Penang, Malaysia, 1998-1999. Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health USF, 2002-2004. Founding Chair of Department of Global Health USF, 2004-2012.  Currently Professor of Global Health and Associate Dean for International Programs at the College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Inhalt

Foreword by B. Kim Lee Sim 7
Foreword by Stephen L. Hoffman 9
Preface 11
Acknowledgements 13
Contents 15
About the Author 16
Chapter 1: Parasites and Tiger Snakes 17
Chapter 2: Tapeworms Down Under and Elsewhere 26
Chapter 3: Cysticercosis: The Ides of March 35
Chapter 4: Trematodes: It Was Just a Fluke 49
Chapter 5: Schistosomiasis: Napoleon, Snails and Stalemate Across the Taiwan Straits 64
Chapter 6: Filariasis and Elephantiasis: You Can´t Go Home Again 74
Chapter 7: River Blindness: And It Was About Time 88
Chapter 8: Intestinal Worms: Parasite Mysteries in Wintry Climes 101
Chapter 9: Tissue Helminths: Snails, Rats, Cobras and Parasites in the Brain 117
Chapter 10: Intestinal Protozoa: Please Pass the Stool 128
Chapter 11: Tissue Protozoa: That Cat Will Really Drive Me Crazy One of These Days 143
Chapter 12: Blood Protozoa: In Search of the Holy Grail 158
Epilogue 178
General Travel Precautions 178
Further Reading 181
Chapter One 181
Chapter Two 181
Chapter Three 181
Chapter Four 182
Chapter Five 182
Chapter Six 183
Chapter Seven 183
Chapter Eight 183
Chapter Nine 184
Chapter Ten 184
Chapter Eleven 185
Chapter Twelve 185

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.3.2018
• Zusatzinfo: XVII, 177 p. 104 illus., 86 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin
• Schlagworte: Diseases • Elephantiasis • emerging • Exotic diseases • Foodborne infections • Globalization • Infections • Nematodes • Parasites • trematodes • Tropical
• ISBN-10: 3-319-74923-4 / 3319749234
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-74923-5 / 9783319749235