People, parasites, and plowshares : learning from our body's most terrifying invaders / Dickson D. Despommier ; foreword by William C. Campbell.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780231535267 (e-book)
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- QL757 .D47 2013eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-201) and index.
This new house : Trichinella spiralis -- Hooked on parasites : Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus -- Houdini's nefarious cousins : the trypanosomes, the schistosomes, and the lymphatic filariae -- A parasite for all seasons : Toxoplasma gondii -- The unholy trinity : Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms -- The long and the short of it : tapeworms - Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Diphyllobothrium latum, Echinococcus granulosus, and Echinococcus multilocularis -- All's well that ends well : Dracunculus medinensis -- Nature has all the answers. What's your question?.
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