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Parasitic Diseases

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  1. Dickson D. Despommier

    1. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA

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  2. Robert W. Gwadz

    1. Laboratory of Malaria Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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  3. Peter J. Hotez

    1. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Nematodes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Enterobius vermicularis (Linnaeus 1758)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 2-6

    3. Trichuris trichiura (Linnaeus 1771)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 6-11

    4. Ascaris lumbricoides (Linnaeus 1758)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 11-17

    5. Hookworms: Necator americanus (Stiles 1902) and Ancylostoma duodenale (Dubini 1843)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 17-24

    6. Strongyloides sp.: Strongyloides stercoralis (Bavay 1876) and Strongyloides fuelleborni (Von Linstow 1905)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 25-32

    7. Trichinella spiralis(Railliet 1896)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 32-40

    8. Lymphatic Filariae: Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobbold 1877) and Brugia malayi (Brug 1927)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 40-47

    9. Onchocerca volvulus (Leuckart 1893)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 47-53

    10. Loa loa (Cobbold 1864)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 53-57

    11. Dracunculus medinensis (Linnaeus 1758)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 57-61

    12. Aberrant Nematode Infections

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 61-70

    13. Nematode Infections of Minor Medical Importance

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 71-74

  3. Cestodes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Taenia saginata (Goeze 1782)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 76-80

    3. Taenia solium (Linnaeus 1758)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 81-84

    4. Diphyllobothrium latum (Linnaeus 1758)

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 84-89

    5. Larval Tapeworms

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 89-100

    6. Tapeworms of Minor Medical Importance

      • Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez
      Pages 100-106
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Worldwide, the numbers of people suffering and dying from parasitic diseases are overwhelming, with more than 100 million cases and 1 million deaths each year from malaria alone. Despite the magnitude of the problem and the importance of the parasites that cause opportunistic infections among persons with HIV/AIDS, medical schools in the United States, Canada, and other developed countries consistently reduce the amount of time spent on parasitic diseases in the curricu­ lum. As a result most medical students receive limited information about these diseases, and are inadequately prepared to diagnose or treat them as physicians. This problem is too large to be resolved within the time available for parasitology in the medical school curriculum; at most, students can be acquainted with the salient features of the medically important parasites. Likewise, the traditional isolation of parasitology from the rest of the curriculum (consistent with its exclu­ sion from most microbiology texts) is another unresolved problem. In my opinion, this is why most physicians are unable to think about the differential diagnosis of parasitic diseases in the same way that they routinely balance the probabilities of malignancy, cardiovascular, renal, and pulmonary disease vs other infectious diseases. To resolve these problems, relevant paradigms from parasitology must be used in the teaching of cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, and immu­ nology.

Authors and Affiliations

  • College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA

    Dickson D. Despommier

  • Laboratory of Malaria Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

    Robert W. Gwadz

  • Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

    Peter J. Hotez

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Parasitic Diseases

  • Authors: Dickson D. Despommier, Robert W. Gwadz, Peter J. Hotez

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2476-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7554-1

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-2476-1

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XII, 333

  • Additional Information: Originally published as Katz, Parasitic Diseases

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology, Internal Medicine, Microbiology

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