The Diagnosis and Treatment of Protozoan Diseases discusses about major protozoan diseases such as Malaria, Leishmaniasis, etc., including clinically minor protozoan diseases. This book provides all essential information to the professional researcher and medical personnel about the disease, causative organism, and their lifecycle, diagnostics, and treatments, including drugs and vaccine, resistance and key points of future research. Infectious diseases are accountable for millions of deaths every year throughout the globe. Among them, significant contributors are protozoan parasites. Despite the many research group working on the various protozoan diseases, there are still major gaps to fill.The authors of this book have critically reviewed all the aspects of major protozoan diseases, their diagnostics, and treatments including resistance.
1. Chapter 1 : Brief introduction to infectious diseases - p. Page ix 2. Chapter 2 : Malaria - p. Page 8 3. Chapter 3 : Leishmaniasis - p. Page 42 4. Chapter 4 : Trypanosomiasis - p. Page 79 5. Chapter 5 : Trichomoniasis - p. Page 133 6. Chapter 6 : Giardiasis - p. Page 170 7. Chapter 7 : Balantidiasis - p. Page 197 8. Chapter 8 : Protozoan diseases having less global burden - p. Page 211 9. Chapter 9 : Summary of advancement in protozoan disease diagnosis and treatment - p. Page 234 10. Index - p. Page 246
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Protozoan Diseases discusses about major protozoan diseases such as Malaria, Leishmaniasis, etc., including clinically minor protozoan diseases. This book provides all essential information to the professional researcher and medical personnel about the disease, causative organism, and their lifecycle, diagnostics, and treatments, including drugs and vaccine, resistance and key points of future research. Infectious diseases are accountable for millions of deaths every year throughout the globe. Among them, significant contributors are protozoan parasites. Despite the many research group working on the various protozoan diseases, there are still major gaps to fill.The authors of this book have critically reviewed all the aspects of major protozoan diseases, their diagnostics, and treatments including resistance.
1. Chapter 1 : Brief introduction to infectious diseases - p. Page ix 2. Chapter 2 : Malaria - p. Page 8 3. Chapter 3 : Leishmaniasis - p. Page 42 4. Chapter 4 : Trypanosomiasis - p. Page 79 5. Chapter 5 : Trichomoniasis - p. Page 133 6. Chapter 6 : Giardiasis - p. Page 170 7. Chapter 7 : Balantidiasis - p. Page 197 8. Chapter 8 : Protozoan diseases having less global burden - p. Page 211 9. Chapter 9 : Summary of advancement in protozoan disease diagnosis and treatment - p. Page 234 10. Index - p. Page 246
