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Parasitic helminths and zoonoses in Africa (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
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Parasitic helminths and zoonoses in Africa (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
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Helminths include one of the most diverse and geographically
widespread groups of parasites which infect humans and animals.
About 100 species have been reported from humans, usually producing
asymptomatic infection or mild symptoms. However, about 20 species
are of public health importance causing severe or even fatal
infections. In many parts of Africa parasitic helminths are
responsible for enormous economic losses, hampering rural
development programmes and reducing the pace of economic growth.
Many parasitic helminths are either zoonoses (diseases naturally
transmitted between vertebrate animals and man) or have evolved
from animal parasites. The modification of the environment through
wars, famine and the ever expanding and increasingly mobile human
population brings people into close contact with new environments
and wildlife species which makes the study and control of zoonoses
of special interest and complexity. In Africa, the transmission of
helminth parasites is highly influenced by the ever changing social
and cultural differences between diverse groups of peoples and
their interaction with wild and domestic animals. It is not
surprising, therefore, that approaches to the study and control of
parasitic zoonoses require intersectoral cooperation between
physicians, veterinarians, parasitologists, zoologists,
demographers, anthropologists, engineers and economists to provide
the breadth of knowledge and expertise required to develop our
understanding of these diseases and to devise methods for their
control. This book provides a selective compilation of parasitic
helminths, many of which are zoonoses which create important
economic and public health problems in Africa.
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