Parasitic Disease in Clinical Practice (Bloomsbury Series in Clinical Science)

This book on parasitology, unlike others, is written by a physician with almost three decades of experience in both developed and developing countries and aims to raise the clinician's index of awareness toward these clinically underdiagnosed diseases. The approach is not dominated by taxonomy but is largely system-oriented. Infections covered include those affecting travellers and immigrant groups, opportunistic infections in the immunosuppressed (including AIDS) patient, and several diseases such as toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis and hydatidosis which are still present in temperate country populations. Recent developments in serodiagnosis and chemotherapy receive a great deal of attention. The bibliographies after each of the 12 chapters are extensive and up-to-date.G. C. Cook is the author of 'Parasitic Disease in Clinical Practice (Bloomsbury Series in Clinical Science)' with ISBN 9780387196060 and ISBN 0387196064.