Human Ecology and Infectious Diseases

✍ Scribed by Neil A. Croll and John H Cross (Eds.)

Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 1983
Tongue: English
Leaves: 367
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
In Memoriam, Pages v-vi, DONALD HEYNEMAN
Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
Preface, Pages xv-xvi, JOHN H. CROSS
1 - Human Behavior, Parasites, and Infectious Diseases, Pages 1-20, NEIL A. CROLL
2 - Human Behavior and Parasitic Zoonoses in North America, Pages 21-48, PETER M. SCHANTZ
3 - Human Behavior and Zoonotic Diseases in Malaysia, Pages 49-72, B.L. LIM, J.W. MAK
4 - Filariasis in Southeast Asia, Pages 73-102, V. ZAMAN
5 - Intestinal Capillariasis in the Philippines and Thailand, Pages 103-136, JOHN H. CROSS, MANOON BHAIBULAYA
6 - Changing Patterns of Parasitic Infections in Japan, Pages 137-168, AKIO KOBAYASHI
7 - Parasite Control Activities in Japan: Govemment–Expert–Private Sector Partnership, Pages 169-185, CHOJIRO KUNII
8 - Human Ecology and the Distribution and Abundance of Hookworm Populations, Pages 187-223, G.A. SCHAD, T.A. NAWALINSKI, V. KOCHAR
9 - The Human Environment and Helminth Infections: A Biomedical Study of Four Nigerian Villages, Pages 225-252, ALPHONSUS B.C. NWOSU
10 - The Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection to Man and Its Control, Pages 253-289, P.D. MARSDEN
11 - Paleoparasitology: On the Origins and Impact of Human–Helminth Relationships, Pages 291-313, MICHAEL McKINNON KLIKS
12 - Brucellosis in Nigeria: Epidemiology and Practical Problems of Control, Pages 315-332, OLANIPEKUN K. ALAUSA
13 - Epidemiological Patterns in Directly Transmitted Human Infections, Pages 333-353, A.D.M. SMITH
Index, Pages 355-364

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