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      Parasites of the Colder Climates
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      Parasites of the Colder Climates book

      Edited ByHannah Akuffo, Inger Ljungstr”m, Ewert Linder, Mats Wahlgren
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2002
      eBook Published 5 December 2002
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint CRC Press
      DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203218716
      Pages 384
      eBook ISBN 9780429218774
      Subjects Bioscience, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health
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      Akuffo, H., Ljungstr”m, I., Linder, E., & Wahlgren, M. (Eds.). (2002). Parasites of the Colder Climates (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203218716

      ABSTRACT

      The parasitic load in cold northern climates is widely under-appreciated. Many texts on parasitology concentrate on tropical parasitic infections, so the reader can be forgiven for thinking that parasites are not a problem in the northern part of the world. Parasites of the Colder Climates redresses the balance by focusing on parasites indigenous t

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      part |2 pages

      Part 1 Introduction

      chapter 1|10 pages

      Parasites indigenous to the North (tables)

      ByCecilia Thors, Inger Ljungström, Thomas Jaenson

      chapter 2|6 pages

      Parasites and parasitism

      ByMats Wahlgren, Hannah Akuffo

      part |2 pages

      PART 2 General epidemiology in countries in the North: past and present

      chapter 3|13 pages

      Prevalence of human parasites and parasitic infections in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden

      ByStaffan Svärd, Inger Ljungström, Mats Wahlgren

      chapter 4|11 pages

      Prevalence of human parasites in Iceland

      Karl Skírnisson, Sigur ur H. Richter, and Matthías Eydal
      ByPast and present status

      chapter 5|13 pages

      Prevalence of parasites in the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania): epidemiology past and present ATS METSIS, ANTS JÕGISTE, REGINA VIRBALIENÉ, AND LUDMILA JUREVICA

      Ats Metsis, Ants Jõgiste, Regina Virbaliené, and Ludmila Jurevica
      ByEpidemiology past and present

      chapter 6|19 pages

      Prevalence of human parasitic infections in Russia: epidemiology past and present V. P. SERGIEV AND N. N. OZERETSKOVSKAYA

      ByEpidemiology past and present

      chapter 7|12 pages

      Prevalence of parasites in Canada and Alaska

      Theresa W. Gyorkos, J. Dick MacLean, Bouchra Serhir, and Brian Ward
      ByEpidemiology past and present

      part |2 pages

      PART 3 Important parasites in the North: biology, pathogenesis and epidemiology

      chapter 8|4 pages

      Acanthamoeba spp.

      ByJadwiga Winiecka-Krusnell

      chapter 9|7 pages

      Entamoeba histolytica/dispar

      ByEwert Linder

      chapter 10|6 pages

      Giardia intestinalis

      ByJadwiga Winiecka-Krusnell, Agneta Aust Kettis

      chapter 11|10 pages

      Microsporidia spp.

      ByJ. I . RONNY LARSSON AND MARIANNE LEBBAD

      chapter 12|14 pages

      Pneumocystis carinii

      ByEwert Linder, Kerstin Elvin, Mats Olsson

      chapter 13|17 pages

      Toxoplasma gondii – biology and pathogenesis

      Eskild Petersen
      ByHistory

      chapter 14|7 pages

      Toxoplasma gondii – epidemiology

      ByBabill Stray-Pedersen

      chapter 15|5 pages

      Trichomonas vaginalis

      Pål Wölner-Hanssen
      ByEpidemiology

      chapter 16|8 pages

      Anisakis spp.

      ByBjørn Berland

      chapter 17|8 pages

      Diphyllobothrium latum

      ByB. GÖRAN BYLUND

      chapter 18|7 pages

      Echinococcus spp.

      ByInga-Lill Gustavsson Moringlane

      chapter 19|3 pages

      Enterobius vermicularis

      ByKjell Alestig, Johan Carlson

      chapter 20|8 pages

      Toxocara canis

      ByInger Ljungström

      chapter 21|10 pages

      Trichinella spp.

      ByJohan Lindh, Inger Ljungström

      chapter 22|10 pages

      Swimmers’ itch

      Cecilia Thors, Ewert Linder, and Göran Bylund
      ByIntroduction and history of the disease

      chapter 23|30 pages

      Medically important parasitic arthropods (insects, ticks, and mites) of the northern Holarctic region

      ByThomas G. T. Jaenson

      chapter 24|10 pages

      Dermatological manifestations of parasitic arthropods

      ByJohan Landegren

      part |2 pages

      Part 4 Clinical presentation and laboratory investigations

      chapter 25|6 pages

      Clinical symptoms of toxoplasmosis – an overview

      ByBirgitta Evengård

      chapter 26|9 pages

      Treatment of toxoplasmosis

      ByBabill Stray-Pedersen

      chapter 27|12 pages

      Clinical presentation and laboratory investigations of other parasites in HIV-infected individuals

      ByIb C. Bygbjerg

      chapter 28|3 pages

      Parasite infections in transplant patients

      ByJan Andersson, Elda Sparrelid

      part |2 pages

      Part 5 Laboratory diagnostics methods

      chapter 29|12 pages

      PCR-based diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infections

      Nancy P. Nenonen, Tomas Bergström, and Sigvard Olofsson
      ByExperience from a low-prevalence area

      chapter 30|2 pages

      Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii

      ByMaija Lappalainen

      chapter 31|3 pages

      Serology – Toxoplasma gondii

      ByInger Ljungström

      chapter 32|7 pages

      Serology – other parasites

      Inger Ljungström
      BySerology

      chapter 33|20 pages

      Parasite detection

      ByMichael Willcox, Marianne Lebbad, Jadwiga Winiecka-Krusnell

      chapter 34|12 pages

      DNA detection

      ByBettina Lundgren, Mats Olsson

      part |2 pages

      Part 6 Historical review

      chapter 35|8 pages

      Linnaeus, Armauer Hansen, and Nordic research on some neglected diseases

      BySven F. F. Britton
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