Important helminthic infections in southeast Asia : diversity and potential for control and elimination. Part B /
Collection : Advances in parasitology, 0065-308X ; . 73 Détails physiques : 1 online resource (xviii, 462 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). ISBN :0123849454 (electronic bk.); 9780123849458 (electronic bk.); 9780123815149 (electronic bk.); 0123815142 (electronic bk.).
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Public health
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Asia.
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Medicine.
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SCIENCE
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Life Sciences
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Zoology
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General.
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Helminths.
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Public health.
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Asia.
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Electronic books.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: Concepts in Research Capabilities Strengthening: Positive Experiences ofNetwork Approaches by TDRin the People's Republic of Chinaand Eastern Asia -- Chapter 2: Multiparasitism: A Neglected Reality on Global, Regional and Local Scale -- Chapter 3: Health Metrics for Helminthic Infections -- Chapter 4: Implementing a Geospatial Health Data Infrastructure for Control of Asian Schistosomiasis in the People's Republic of China and the Philippines -- Chapter 5: The Regional Network for Asian Schistosomiasis and Other Helminth Zoonoses (RNAS+): Target Diseases in Face of Climate Change -- Chapter 6: Social Science Implications for Control of Helminth Infections in Southeast Asia -- Chapter 7: Towards Improved Diagnosis of Zoonotic Trematode Infections in Southeast Asia -- Chapter 8: The Drugs We Have and the Drugs We Need Against Major Helminth Infections -- Chapter 9: Research and Development of Antischistosomal Drugs in the People's Republic of China: A 60-Year Review -- Chapter 10: Control of Important Helminthic Infections: Vaccine Developmentas Part of the Solution -- Chapter 11: Our Wormy World: Genomics, Proteomics and Transcriptomics in East and Southeast Asia -- Chapter 12: Advances in Metabolic Profiling of Experimental Nematode and Trematode Infections -- Chapter 13: Studies on the Parasitology, Phylogeography and the Evolution of Host-Parasite Interactions for the Snail Interactions for the Snail Intermediate Hosts of Medically Important Trematode Genera in Southeast Asia.
This thematic volume provides authoritative, up-to-date reviews pertaining to the epidemiology, public health significance and shifts therein, control (current activities, successes, setbacks), persisting challenges (e.g. sanitation, universal coverage of health services, health-related behavior) of the key parasitic diseases in Southeast Asia. The book also discusses the new tools and approaches for enhanced discovery and control of helminthic diseases.
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