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Parasitology

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  • Handbook of Drugs for Tropical Parasitic Infectionsby Yakoub Aden Abdi; Lars L. Gustafsson; Orjan Ericsson; Urban Hellgren

    CRC Press 1995; US$ 89.95

    This handbook is designed to provide information about the pharmacological properties and therapeutic uses of the major drugs currently employed to combat the human parasitic infections encountered in the tropics. more...

  • Parasitologyby Jack Chernin

    CRC Press 2000; US$ 37.95

    The style of the book is in the form of notes, rather than detailed descriptions, accompanied by simple flow charts and diagrams. Each chapter begins with a list of keywords and concepts. It provides all the basic principles of parasitology. more...

  • Role of Gut Bacteria in Human Toxicology and Pharmacologyby M. Hill

    CRC Press 1995; US$ 220.00

    An examination of the composition and metabolic activity of microorganisms commonly found in the human gut. Chapters cover the effects gut flora have on ingested compounds, vitamin production and gastrointestinal disorders. Comparisons are also made between microbial and mammalian metabolism. more...

  • Principles and Practice of Clinical Parasitologyby Stephen Gillespie; Richard D. Pearson

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 580.00

    A comprehensive account of protozoan and metozoan diseases in modern clinical practice, with orientation towards clinical management of parasitic infections. In the past, parasitology was considered as an obscure subject of little relevance to the majority of clinicians and microbiologists. Over the last decade, however, much has happened to change this, not least the explosion in foreign travel This textbook is the forth in the Principles and Practice series, providing an expansive and detailed coverage of clinical microbiology. It has a similar appeal to that of Zuckerman's, Principles & Practice of Clinical Virology, with an international authorship and emphasis placed on integrating new knowledge in a clinically relevant manner. . An essential,... more...

  • Chemotherapeutic Targets in Parasitesby Tag E. Mansour; Joan MacKinnon Mansour

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 42.00

    Chemotherapeutic Targets in Parasites analyzes the critical metabolic reactions and structural features essential for parasite survival, and advocates the latest molecular strategies with which to identify effective antiparasitic agents. Emphasized throughout is the design of more selective and less toxic drugs than in the past. more...

  • The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insectsby Michael Lehane

    Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 64.00

    Blood-sucking insects transmit many of the most devastating human and animal diseases including malaria, sleeping sickness and dengue. This book is primarily aimed at scientists from undergraduates and above who are studying parasitology or medical and veterinary entomology. It is written in an accessible manner with a useful quick-reference section. more...

  • Parasites of Medical Importanceby Anthony J Nappi

    Landes Bioscience 2002; US$ 45.00

    Review from E-STREAMS v. 6, no.12 Parasites of Medical Importance is a small, spiral bound text written for those with little or no formal instruction in parasitic diseases. The emphasis is on the parasitic life cycle and host pathology with only limited information on parasitic morphology, taxonomy and pharmacological treatments. more...

  • Fungal Infectionby Malcolm D. Richardson; David W. Warnock

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 80.95

    Concise, up-to-date guide to the clinical manifestations, laboratory diagnosis and management of superficial, subcutaneous and systemic fungal infections "I would recommend this book to all microbiologists and clinicians regularly dealing with patients suffering from fungal infections." Journal of Medical Microbiology WHY BUY THIS BOOK? Thorough update of significant developments in the diagnosis and management of fungal infections Up-to-date drug and dosage recommendations updated in line with current guidelines New feature: epidemiology and prevention section in each chapter plus further reading lists of key papers New feature: algorithms in each section on management and treatment of key fungal infections Problem-orientated... more...

  • World Class Parasitesby W. Evan Secor

    Springer 2005; US$ 169.00

    The goal of Schistosomiasis is to provide the reader with insights into the active research and programs currently related to schistosomiasis, and to use these insights as a way to project forward into the next 10-15 years of work on this disease, spanning the spectrum from research to public health interventions. A secondary goal of this volume is to initiate conversations among those working across the research-to-control spectrum on schistosomiasis about the future of their field, and by doing so lead to constructive efforts to identify and address the most critical questions and challenges related to schistosomiasis. The book covers four main areas: schistosome phylogenetics, gene expression, and the overall genome, including information... more...

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Angiostrongyliasisby ICON Health Publications

    ICON Group International Inc. 2005; US$ 28.95

    This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to angiostrongyliasis (also angiostrongyliasis; rat lungworm), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on angiostrongyliasis.... more...