Ciba Foundation Symposium [[electronic resource] ] : Bilharziasis : held in commemoration of Theodor Maximilian Bilharz / / edited by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830591203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1962
• ISBN: 1-280-76878-9; 9786613679550; 0-470-71931-1; 0-470-71682-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (462 p.)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposia
• Altri autori (Persone): WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward); O'ConnerMaeve; BilharzTheodor <1892-1962.>
• Disciplina: 616.9/63; 616.963
• Soggetti: Schistosomiasis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BILHARZIASIS; Contents; Opening address by the Chairman: Bilharziasis as a national health problem in the United Arab Re-public; Population studies of intermediate hosts in relation to transmission of bilharziasis in East Africa; Aspects of the ecology of the intermediate hosts of Schistosoma monsoni interfering with the transmission of bilharziasis in; Population ecology and epidemiological problems; Discussion; The variability in morphology and anatomy of the bulinid snails in Egypt, with special reference to their transmission of S; The significance of infra-specific taxonomy in bilharziasisDiscussion; The rôle of animals as reservoirs of bilharziasis in Africa; Discussion; General Discussion; Some nutritional aspects of bilharziasis; Discussion; Clinical aspects of bilharziasis; Important achievements in the control of bilharziasis in New China; The pathognomy of bilharziasis: an unanswered question; Discussion; Schistosomal metabolic products in the diagnosis of bilharziasis; Acquired resistance to bilharziasis; Discussion; Observations in mice on the schistosomicidal properties of 1:7-bis(p-aminophenoxy)heptane in vivo and in vivo/in vitroTracer studies with antimony-I24 in man; The search for non-antimonial schistosomicides; Discussion; Comparative investigations of some molluscicides; The rôle of molluscicides in combating bilharziasis; The use of molluscicides as a bilharziasis control measure in South Africa; Discussion; Bilharziasis control as an integral part of rural health services; The modification of habitats in the control of bilharziasis, with special reference to water resource development; DiscussionSummaries and recommendations of sub-sections; I. Transmission of bilharziasis in Africa; II. Immunological aspects of bilharziasis; III. Experimental bilharziasis; IV. Summary of the clinicopathological aspects of bilharziasis; V. Environmental control and the use of molluscicides