Neuroparasitology and Tropical Neurology
Handbook of Clinical Neurology Series (Editors:Aminoff, Boller, Swaab)
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Handbook of Clinical Neurology
Handbook of Clinical Neurology
Hardbound, 550 Pages
Published: August 2013
Imprint: Elsevier
ISBN: 978-0-444-53490-3
Contents
- Section 1 Introduction
1. Neurological aspects of neglected tropical diseases:
Section 2 Pathophysiology and characteristics
2. Mechanisms of CNS invasion and damage by parasites
3. Immunodiagnosis of CNS Parasitic Infections
4. Imaging of CNS parasitic infections
5. Pathology of CNS parasitic infections
Section 3 Protozoa
6. Cerebral malaria
7. American Trypanosomiasis
8. Toxoplasmosis
9. Entamoeba histolytica brain abscess
10. Infections with Free-Living Amebae
11. Human African trypanosomiasis
12. Microsporidiasis
13. Neurological Neurologic Manifestations of Human Leishmaniasis
14. Neurologic Manifestations of Human Babesiosis
Section 4 Nematoda
15. Eosinophilic Meningitis
16. Toxocariasis
17. Strongyloides stercoralis infection complicating the central nervous system
18. Neurological manifestations of filarial infections
19. Neurotrichinellosis
20. Baylisascaris Larva Migrans
21. Other helminthic infections: Ascariasis, Dracontiasis, Lagochilascariasis, Micronemiasis
Section 5 Trematoda
22. Schistosomiasis of the nervous system
23. Paragonimiasis
24. Direct and indirect affection of the central nervous system by Fasciola infection
Section 6 Cestoda
25. Neurocysticercosis
26. Cystic and alveolar echinococcosis
27. Other cestodes - Coenurosis, Sparganosis, Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis
Section 7 Other Tropical Neurological Pathologies
28. Neurological effects of venomous bites and stings: snakes, spiders, and scorpions
29. Effects of geohelminth infections on neurological development
30. Nutritional disorders in tropical neurology

