Parasites and their vectors

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Southeast Asia: Hotspot for Parasitic Infections

   • Yvonne A. L. Lim, Indra Vythilingam

   Pages 1-3

3. Plasmodium knowlesi: Emergent Human Malaria in Southeast Asia

   • Kim-Sung Lee, Indra Vythilingam

   Pages 5-31

4. Filarial Worms in Southeast Asia

   • Rahmah Noordin, R. K. Shenoy, Boon-Huat Lim, C. P. Ramachandran

   Pages 33-56

5. Vectors of Malaria and Filariasis in Southeast Asia: A Changing Scenario

   • Indra Vythilingam, Wan Y. Wan-Sulaiman, John Jeffery

   Pages 57-75

6. Unravelling Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Southeast Asia

   • Yvonne A. L. Lim, Mohammed A. K. Mahdy, Johari Surin

   Pages 77-102

7. Entamoeba histolytica in Southeast Asia

   • Rohela Mahmud, Jamaiah Ibrahim, Norhayati Moktar, Tengku-Shahrul Anuar

   Pages 103-129

8. Romancing Blastocystis: A 20-Year Affair

   • Suresh Kumar, Tian-Chye Tan

   Pages 131-154

9. Toxoplasma gondii: The Parasite in Trend

   • Veeranoot Nissapatorn, Yee-Ling Lau, Mun-Yik Fong

   Pages 155-175

10. Sarcocystis spp. and Pentastomes in Southeast Asia

    • John Jeffery, Arine F. Ahmad, Noraishah M. Abdul-Aziz

    Pages 177-188

11. Free-Living Amoebae in Southeast Asia

    • Init Ithoi, Arine F. Ahmad

    Pages 189-203

12. Soil-Transmitted Helminths: The Neglected Parasites

    • Hesham M. Al-Mekhlafi, Yvonne A. L. Lim, Norhayati Moktar, Romano Ngui

    Pages 205-232

13. Epidemiology of Cestode and Trematode in Southeast Asian Countries

    • Zurainee Mohamed-Nor

    Pages 233-253

14. Back Matter

    Pages 255-263

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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.

• infectious diseases
• parasites and vectors

• Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Faculty of Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  Yvonne Ai Lian Lim, Indra Vythilingam

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