Crompton D.W.T., Savioli Lorenzo (eds.) Handbook of Helminthiasis for Public Health

CRC Press, 2007. — 380 p.Written by internationally respected experts, Handbook of Human Helminthiasis provides information essential in the development of an integrated approach to the prevention, control and treatment of disease caused by endoparasitic helminths. The text is divided into sections dealing with the main groups of helminth infections and the diseases they induce. Each section addresses diagnostic techniques, epidemiology/distribution, pathogenesis, morbidity/pathology, treatment, prevention, and control. Emphasis is placed on methods for reducing morbidity, interrupting and reducing transmission, and techniques to prevent infection. This book is intended to be a practical manual for all involved in reducing the burden of disease and the economic costs of human helminthiasis.Human Health and Helminth Infection
Helminthiasis — A Challenge to Health and Development
One Day in the Life of Mumbua
Public Health Priorities: Decisions for Controlling Helminthiasis
Helminthology
Common Themes and Concepts in Helminthiasis
Cestodiasis
Dracunculiasis
Food-Borne Trematodiasis
Lymphatic Filariasis
Onchocerciasis
Schistosomiasis
Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis
Strongyloidiasis
Trichinellosis (Trichinosis)
Control Interventions
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