• Parasitic Microbiology

Parasitic Microbiology DeShea Battle

  • ISBN: 9781788822381
  • Edition: 1st
  • ©Year: 2019

  • List Price : 165

About the Book

Microbiologists are being tested as food borne flare-ups are progressively being watched around the world. The vast majority of these flare-ups are related with viral and bacterial pathogens, for example, Campylobacter, Salmonella, and recently Escherichia coli 0157:1-17, which rose in the 1990s. In spite of the fact that parasites have been developing with Man since artifact, the control and annihilation of these illnesses are still a long way from being accomplished.They are all the more much of the time being accounted for in the writing as causative operators of nourishment and waterborne sicknesses. Foodborne Parasites analyzes the two noteworthy parasite bunches that are transmitted by means of water or nourishments: the protozoa, which are single celled living beings, and the helminths. The helminths are ordered in three sub gatherings: cestodes (tapeworms), nematodes (round worms), and trematodes (flukes). To better comprehend their noteworthiness, every section covers the science, systems of pathogenesis, the study of disease transmission, treatment, and inactivation of these parasites.This critical new content is vital to a superior comprehension of the science and control of parasitic contaminations important to diminish and kill future flare-ups in the U.S. furthermore, somewhere else.

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Contents: 1. Introduction to Parasites, 2. Phylum Apicomplexa, 3. Malaria Parasites, 4. Amoebae, 5. Parasitic Rickettsia, 6. Protozoa, 7. Trematodes, 8. Helminths, 9. Cestodes, 10. Nematodes
DeShea Battle Ph.D. is a research microbiologist with the Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center.Her research focuses on protozoan parasites of vertebrates, particularly birds, with a recent emphasis on the effects of introduced avian malaria on Hawaiian forest birds. She has more than 8 years of experience in diagnostic pathology and research on wild bird diseases. She is author of many books including Parasitism: The Ecology and Evolution of Intimate Interactions. This volume is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates with interests in either parasitology or immunology and contains introductory sections on these topics.

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