Handbook of helminthiasis for public health /
Helminthiasis for public health
D.W.T. Crompton, Lorenzo Savioli.
- Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2007.
- 362 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Helminthiasis : a challenge to health and development -- One day in the life of Mumbua -- Public health priorities : decisions for controlling helminthiasis -- Common themes and concepts in helminthiasis -- Cestodiasis -- Dracunculiasis -- Food-borne trematodiasis -- Lymphatic filariasis -- Onchocerciasis -- Schistosomiasis -- Soil-transmitted helminthiasis -- Strongyloidiasis -- Trichinellosis (trichinosis) -- Use of anthelminthic drugs in the public health arena -- Health awareness and helminthiasis -- Water and sanitation : availability, needs, and provision -- Helminthiasis and the millennium development goals.
0849333288 (alk. paper) 9780849333286
Helminthiasis--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Helminthiasis. Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic. Developing Countries. Health Promotion. Helminths--parasitology. Public Health.