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Parasites of the Colder Climates
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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)
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
chapter 4|11 pages
Prevalence of human parasites in Iceland
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
chapter 6|19 pages
Prevalence of human parasitic infections in Russia: epidemiology past and present V. P. SERGIEV AND N. N. OZERETSKOVSKAYA
chapter 7|12 pages
Prevalence of parasites in Canada and Alaska
part |2 pages
PART 3 Important parasites in the North: biology, pathogenesis and epidemiology
chapter 22|10 pages
Swimmers’ itch
chapter 23|30 pages
Medically important parasitic arthropods (insects, ticks, and mites) of the northern Holarctic region
part |2 pages
Part 4 Clinical presentation and laboratory investigations
chapter 27|12 pages
Clinical presentation and laboratory investigations of other parasites in HIV-infected individuals
part |2 pages
Part 5 Laboratory diagnostics methods
chapter 29|12 pages
PCR-based diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infections
part |2 pages
Part 6 Historical review