Author: Naguib MakarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Schistosomiasis
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Urological Aspects of Bilharziasis in Egypt
Author: Naguib MakarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Schistosomiasis
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Bilharziasis
Author: F. K. MostofiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642497772
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
During the past decade there has been an increasing awareness of the need for a different approach to the problem of bilharziasis. We do know that 180-200 million people are infected and that the infection is increasing but we have not as yet been able to answer the question: Are they suffering from a disease. Study of vital statistics or hospital records, mass biochemical or immunological tests and community surveys have not yet provided the full answer. Gradually and perhaps begrudgingly, we have come to realize that we must study the ma- initially by means of well controlled clinical observations to obtain evidence for the altered physiology, if any, due to bilharzial infection; secondly and equally important through pathological studies on individual patients to determine the structural changes, if any, as a result of infection with this parasite; and by post mortem studies. Experimental studies of bilharzial infection in animals, valuable as they may be for the elucidation of the pathogenesis of the lesions in the laboratory animal and in man cannot serve as a substitute for the precise information on the nature of the possible lesions induced by bilharziasis in man. Basically, the significance of any clinical observation can 'be evaluated only through reliable pathological confirmation.
The Urological Aspects of Bilharziasis in Rhodesia
Author: Robert McKenzie HoneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genitourinary organs
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Pathology of Bladder Cancer (1983)
Author: George T BryanPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351359541
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Present classification schemes of bladder neoplasms are based on structural analyses of histologic material, primarily at the light microscopic level. Attempts to identify histologic variables of certain bladder lesions as biologic precursors of malignancy are in progress. Efforts to relate functional attributes of altered bladder tissues to preneoplastic and neoplastic structural changes are in active development. These advances do require a common recognition and communication of histologic patterns that are used as standard benchmarks. This volume is offered to present in detail description of histologic characteristics of bladder cancer in humans and animals. Areas of recent research advances that may extend our knowledge of the pathobiology of bladder cancer are emphasized. Observations derived from experimental animals are related to the pathogenesis of bladder cancer in humans. This book is intended for pathologists, urologists, oncologists, radiation therapists, epidemiologists, environmental scientists, toxicologists, public health scientists, and regulatory officials.
Digenetic Trematodes
Author: Rafael ToledoPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9781493946389
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Digenetic trematodes constitute a major helminth group that parasitize humans and animals, and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The diseases caused by trematodes have been neglected for years, especially as compared with other parasitic diseases. However, the geographical limits and the populations at risk are currently expanding and changing in relation to factors such as growing international markets, improved transportation systems, and demographic changes. This has led to a growing international interest in trematode infections, although factors such as the difficulties entailed in the diagnosis, the complexity of human and agricultural practices, the lack of assessments of the economic costs or the limited number of effective drugs are preventing the development of control measures of these diseases in humans and livestock. In-depth studies are needed to clarify the current epidemiology of these helminth infections and to identify new and specific targets for both effective diagnosis and treatments. The main goal of this book is to present the major trematodes and their corresponding diseases in the framework of modern parasitology, considering matters such as the application of novel techniques and analysis of data in the context of host-parasite interactions and to show applications of new techniques and concepts for the studies on digenetic trematodes. This is an ideal book for parasitologists, microbiologists, zoologists, immunologists, professional of public health workers, clinicians and graduate and post-graduate students.
Imaging of Parasitic Diseases
Author: Mohamed E. Abd El BagiPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540493549
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
With parasitic diseases increasing worldwide it’s vitally important that radiologists in particular stay up to date with developments. In this brilliantly useful volume, the authors cover the imaging findings for parasitic diseases that can affect the human body using modern imaging equipments. Every chapter consists of a short description of causative agent, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, and imaging findings with illustrative examples of parasitic diseases.
Tumors of the Urinary Bladder
Author: Leopold G. KossPublisher:
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Category : Bladder
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Grundzüge einer historischen und geographischen Pathologie / Pathological Anatomy of Mediterranean and Tropical Diseases
Author: F. HenschenPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642481272
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Die Krankheiten sind keine unvedinderlichen Erscheinungen, sie sind histo rischen Wandlungen und wechselnden geographischen und demographischen Ver haltnissen unterworfen. Deshalb wechselt auch das Gesamtbild der Krankheiten, das Krankheitspanorama, von Zeit zu Zeit, von Land zu Land, von Ort zu Ort. Zu den vielen Faktoren, die bei der Gestaltung des Krankheitspanoramas wirksam sind, geh6ren die Ernahrungsverhaltnisse, die sozialen und hygienischen Verhalt nisse, die Epi-und Endemien und Epi-und Enzootien mit der nachher eintreten den Immunitat, die Fortschritte der medizinischen Forschung und Therapie und schliel3lich die mit den anderen Faktoren eng verbundenen Veranderungen der mittleren Lebenslange, also heutzutage die starke Steigerung derselben, vor aHem in groBen Teilen von Europa und Nordamerika. Diese Wandlungen des Krank heitspanoramas haben u. a. HARBITZ, HENSCHEN, CmARl, KUHNT, BODECHTEL, BERG, MUNCK, HAMPERL und LOFFLER behandelt. DOERR et al. haben den Wandel der Krankheitsbilder in einer gr6Beren Arbeit abgehandelt. Auf die pathogene tische Bedeutung der starken sozial-6konomischen Umwandlungen im heutigen Afrika hat MURRAY neuerdings die Aufmerksamkeit gerichtet. In Landern mit zuverlassigen statistischen Angaben sind Veranderungen der Morbiditat und Mortalitat schon innerhalb relativ kurzer Zeitintervalle bemerkbar. Ais Beispiel sei folgende Tabelle angefUhrt, die schwedische Verhaltnisse betrifft und die Verschiebungen der Mortalitat innerhalb einiger der wichtigsten Krank heitsgruppen zeigt. In die TabeHe sind nur die wichtigsten Gruppen aufgenom men, die gr6Bere Veranderungen zeigen.
Human Schistosomiasis
Author: Peter JordanPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Human schistosomes (blood flukes) are digenetic trematodes that spend the adult part of their life cycle in humans and a further part in aquatic snails. Despite advances in chemotherapy, schistosomiasis is still a significant infection in the populations of several countries in the tropics. This book replaces a previous volume Schistosomiasis: Epidemiology, Treatment and Control (Heinemann, 1982) by Jordan and Webbe. All chapters have been rewritten by internationally renowned workers. Ultrasound, expected to aid identification of early disease in the field and increase our understanding of its evolution, is discussed in a new chapter. Others, each with an extensive bibliography, review the parasites and their snail intermediate hosts, epidemiology, clinical manifestations and pathology, diagnosis, immunology, drugs and patient management and control. Limitations of the role of chemotherapy in morbidity control are discussed and the need for flexibility in control interventions in the varied epidemiological situations is stressed. An interdisciplinary approach may be necessary to reduce transmission by appropriate measures against the snail intermediate host, and to implement public health measures, including the provision of safe water (with many other medical and social benefits) and health education. This comprehensive volume is for public health workers involved in the prevention and control of the disease, for physicians, and for students and teachers of many disciplines. It also provides a reference book for health planners, social anthropologists, health educators, water and sanitary engineers and others engaged in improving health in the tropics. Physicians in temperate countries will also find it a useful reference book as schistosomiasis, often acute, is being diagnosed more frequently in those returning from holidays in endemic areas.
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