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FILARIA - THE FACTS: 8 Worms You Must Not Ignore - Softcover

Kamau, Anthony

 
9798540462310: FILARIA - THE FACTS: 8 Worms You Must Not Ignore
Softcover
ISBN 13: 9798540462310
Publisher: Independently published, 2021

Synopsis

This is about filaria worms and how they unleash horrifying illnesses.

Questions covered in this booklet are such as how to diagnose filaria infections; how to differentiate the filaria etc.

The World Health Organization (WHO) had planned for the elimination of Filariasis by 2020; however due to the Covid 19 pandemic etc., this date has been pushed to 2030.

The eight types of filaria mostly recognized to cause the different kinds of filariasis are discussed in this booklet.

They are:

  • Wuchereria Bancrofti
  • Loa Loa
  • Brugia Malayi
  • Dirofilaria
  • Onchocerca Volvulus
  • Mansonella Ozzardi
  • Mansonella Streptocerca
  • Mansonella Perstans

The kinds of facts covered in this booklet are:
  • The life cycle
  • The geographical distribution
  • Intermediate hosts
  • Characteristics of the adult filaria
  • Characteristics of the embryo microfilaria,
  • The diagnoses methodologies, and
  • The pathology etc.

This book will be especially profitable in that it covers aspects of prevention too.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Independently published
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 13 
9798540462310
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
129