Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 523 g
Natural History, Prevention, Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Disease
Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 523 g
ISBN: 978-1-315-89304-4
Verlag: CRC Press
This book places greater emphasis on the practical problems of epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, and pathological aspects of the two principle types of free-living amoebic infection: the acute disease produced by Naegleria fowleri and the chronic, subacute and opportunistic form, produced by acanthamoeba spp.
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1. Introduction 2. Historical Perspective 3. Protozoology, taxonomy, and nomenclature of free-living amebas 4. Ecology, epidemiology, and environmental factors 5. The disease: Clinical types ? manifestation and course 6. Anatomo-pathological characteristics: PAM and GAE 7. Laboratory Diagnosis: PAM and GAE ? cerebrospinal fluid examination 8. Retrospective diagnosis: PAM and GAE 9. Animal Models: PAM and GAE 10. Free-living and amphizoic amebas in animal hosts