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.
General
Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
1967 |
First published: |
1967 |
Editors: |
F.K. Mostofi
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
357 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1967 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-642-49492-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
Other branches of medicine >
Pathology >
Gross pathology
|
LSN: |
3-642-49492-7 |
Barcode: |
9783642494925 |
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