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Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis

by Mohammad Bagher Rokni
Hardback
Publication Date: 13/01/2012

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In the wake of the invitation by InTech, this book was written by a number of prominent researchers in the field. It is set to present a compendium of all necessary and up-to-date data to all who are interested. Schistosomiasis or blood fluke disease, also known as Bilharziasis, is a parasitic disease caused by helminths from a genus of trematodes entitled Schistosoma. It is a snail-borne trematode infection. The disease is among the Neglected Tropical Diseases, catalogued by the Global Plan to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008-2015 and is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be the second most socioeconomically devastating parasitic disease, next to malaria. WHO demonstrates that schistosomiasis affects at least 200 million people worldwide, more than 700 million people live in endemic areas, and more than 200.000 deaths are reported annually. It leads to the loss of about 4.5 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).
ISBN:
9789533078526
9789533078526
Category:
Infectious & contagious diseases
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
13-01-2012
Publisher:
In Tech
Country of origin:
Croatia
Pages:
324
Dimensions (mm):
260x180x19mm
Weight:
0.72kg

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