Zoonoses: Parasitic and Mycotic Diseases
by Garg, Sudhi Ranjan
ISBN: 9789351302292
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 10995.00
Biblio : xiv+296p.,col.,plts.,figs.,tabls.,ind., 25 cm
Author Profile
Dr. Sudhi Ranjan Garg is a senior Professor of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology in the College of Veterinary Sciences, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Hisar (India). He has also worked as Head of the Department. Dr. Garg completed his Master of Veterinary Sciences in Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology in 1982. He was later awarded Russian Government Scholarship for doctoral studies and obtained Ph.D. from the prestigious All-Russian Institute of E
About The Book
Zoonotic diseases include a vast variety of infections that can be transmitted from vertebrate animals to human beings and vice versa directly or through vectors, water, food, or environmental sources. Parasites and mycotic agents constitute a large group of such pathogens that affect millions of people worldwide. Due to their ubiquitous nature, these pose a serious threat to public health, particularly in the developing countries because of inadequate public health and sanitation infrastructure
Table of Contents
Preface vii <BR> List of Contributors xi <BR> 1. Taeniasis and Cysticercosis 1 <BR> 2. Echinococcosis 23 <BR> 3. Diphyllobothriasis 49 <BR> 4. Trichinellosis 62 <BR> 5. Dracunculiasis 86 <BR> 6. Fasciolosis 95 <BR> 7. Schistosomiasis 121 <BR> 8. Leishmaniases 134 <BR> 9. Toxoplasmosis 148 <BR> 10. Trypanosomosis 177 <BR> 11. Babesiosis 207 <BR> 12. Cryptosporidiosis 224 <BR> 13. Sarcocystosis 235 <BR> 14. Pentastomosis, Myiasis, Tungaosis, Scabies and Dermatitis 251 <BR> 15. Mycotic Zoonoses 277
