Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions: A compendium of unpleasant infections
An extraordinary array of infectious agents affects humans; from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. In this compendium of the curious and fascinating organisms that cause disease, including Legionnaire's disease, mumps, CJD, and chlamydia, David I. Grove provides a lively, fact-filled account of the nature of each organism, their life cycle, the ingenious ways in which they infect humans, and the human stories behind their discovery.
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Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions: A compendium of unpleasant infections
An extraordinary array of infectious agents affects humans; from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. In this compendium of the curious and fascinating organisms that cause disease, including Legionnaire's disease, mumps, CJD, and chlamydia, David I. Grove provides a lively, fact-filled account of the nature of each organism, their life cycle, the ingenious ways in which they infect humans, and the human stories behind their discovery.
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Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions: A compendium of unpleasant infections

Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions: A compendium of unpleasant infections

by David Grove
Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions: A compendium of unpleasant infections
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Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions: A compendium of unpleasant infections

Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions: A compendium of unpleasant infections

by David Grove

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An extraordinary array of infectious agents affects humans; from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. In this compendium of the curious and fascinating organisms that cause disease, including Legionnaire's disease, mumps, CJD, and chlamydia, David I. Grove provides a lively, fact-filled account of the nature of each organism, their life cycle, the ingenious ways in which they infect humans, and the human stories behind their discovery.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199641024
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 02/19/2014
Pages: 612
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 2.20(d)

About the Author

David Grove, Retired, formerly Clinical Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

David Ian Grove graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of Adelaide in 1967, and was later awarded the degrees of doctor of medicine by that university and doctor of science by the University of Western Australia. He has a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene from the University of Sydney and is a Fellow of both the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. He has worked in Australia, Papua New Guinea, the USA, the Philippines and the UK. For the 18 years prior to his retirement, he was director of the department of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia and clinical professor of microbiology and of infectious diseases in the University of Adelaide. He has written over 190 original articles and chapters in books, edited Strongyloidiasis: A Major Roundworm Infection of Man and written the acclaimed A History of Human Helminthology.

Table of Contents

Infection: the search for its causesWorms1. Ascaris - the giant intestinal roundworm2. Tapeworms3. Hookworm anaemia4. Schistosomiasis (sometimes called Bilharziasis)5. Filariasis (elephantiasis)Arthropods6. Lice (pediculosis)7. The itch (scabies)Fungi8. Tinea (ringworm etc)9. Candida (thrush)Protozoa10. Giardiasis11. Amoebic dysentery and liver abscess12. Malaria13. Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)14. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (Oriental sore) and visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar)15. Chagas' disease (South American trypanosomiasis)Bacteria16. The germ theory of disease17. Anthrax18. Tuberculosis (consumption)19. Leprosy (Hansen's disease)20. The golden staphylococcus21. The streptococcus and post-streptococcal disorders22. The pneumococcus and pneumonia23. Gonorrhoea (the clap)24. Syphilis (the pox)25. The meningococcus and meningitis26. Diphtheria27. Whooping cough (pertussis)28. Cholera29. Typhoid fever30. Escherichi coli31. Shigella (bacillary dysentery)32. Tetanus (lockjaw)33. Plague (the Black Death)34. Brucellosis (undulant fever)35. Legionnaires' disease36. Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcers37. Typhus38. Chlamydia (urethritis and trachoma)Viruses39. The discovery of viruses and determination of their nature40. Smallpox41. Rabies42. Yellow fever43. Dengue fever (break-bone fever)44. Poliomyelitis (polio)45. Measles (rubeola)46. German measles (rubella)47. Mumps48. Varicella (chickenpox and shingles49. Herpes simplex (cold sores and more)50. Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis)51. Influenza (the flu)52. Viral hepatitis (A, B, and C)53. HIV and AIDSPrions54. Kuru, Mad cows and variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob DiseaseIX. Unde venis et quo vadis?ReferencesGlossary and pronunciationFurther readingPerson IndexSubject index
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