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Despommier, Dickson D.

People, parasites, and plowshares : learning from our body's most terrifying invaders / Dickson D. Despommier ; foreword by William C. Campbell. - 1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations

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?.

ISBN: 9780231535267 (ebook)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Host-parasite relationships--Popular works.
Medical parasitology--Popular works.
Parasites--Popular works.
Parasitology.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QL757 / .D47 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 578.6/5