Neuroparasitology and tropical neurology
Neurological aspects of neglected tropical diseases: an unrecognized burden -- Pathophysiology and characteristics of parasitic infections -- Mechanisms of CNS invasion and damage by parasites -- Immunodiagnosis of CNS parasitic infections -- Imaging of parasitic infections of the central nervous sy...
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| Format: | Book/Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Elsevier
2013
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| Series: | Handbook of clinical neurology
114 |
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Handbook of clinical neurology (114)
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| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/handbooks/00729752/114 Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/handbooks/00729752/114 Verlag, ScienceDirect, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444534903 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444534903 
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| Author Notes: | edited by Hector H. Garcia, Herbert B. Tanowitz, Oscar H. Del Brutto |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Neuroparasitology and Tropical Neurology; Copyright; Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Contents; Section 1: Introduction; Chapter 1: Neurological aspects of neglected tropical diseases: an unrecognized burden; Introduction; Tropical diseases with neurological implications: an attempt at classification; The unrecognized burden of tropical neurology; The challenge of assessing the burden of tropical neurological diseases; Epilepsy: the silent epidemic
- The challenge of ensuring that all those in need are reached by the national health servicesA public health strategy to reduce the burden of tropical neurological diseases; References; Section 2: Pathophysiology and characteristics of parasitic infections; Chapter 2: Mechanisms of CNS invasion and damage by parasites; Introduction; Mechanisms of CNS invasion by parasites; Parasite penetration through cell membrane barriers and adaptation to extra- or intracellular life; Vascular route and penetration through the blood-brain barrier; The blood-brain barrier; Embolization of Schistosoma eggs
- Infection of red blood cellsMigration of larvae into the CNS; Crossing the blood-brain barrier by free-living, extracellular parasites: amebae and African trypanosomes; Parasites carried in white blood cells across the blood-brain barrier; Olfactory route for ameba penetration; Mechanisms of CNS structural and/or functional damage by parasites; Cytopathic effects by parasites in the brain parenchyma; Dysfunctions in the neurovascular units; Parasite invasion of circumventricular organs and neuronal dysfunction; Concluding remarks and future directions; Acknowledgments; References
- Chapter 3: Immunodiagnosis of CNS parasitic infectionsIntroduction; Diseases that are localized primarily in the CNS; African trypanosomiasis; Amebic infections; Granulomatous amebic encephalitis; Primary amebic meningoencephalitis; Amebic brain abscess caused by Entamoeba histolytica; Neurocysticercosis (larval Taenia solium); Toxoplasmosis; Angiostrongyliasis, Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Gnathostomiasis; Baylisascariasis; Toxocariasis (visceral larva migrans); Other parasitic diseases of the CNS; Chagas disease; Leishmaniasis; Cerebral malaria; Echinococcosis
- Hydatid disease, cystic echinococcosis (Echinococcus granulosus)Alveolar echinococcosis (Echinococcus multilocularis); Paragonimiasis; Schistosomiasis; Strongyloidiasis; Trichinellosis; Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 4: Imaging of parasitic infections of the central nervous system; Protozoa; Malaria; Trypanosomiasis; Toxoplasmosis; Amebiasis; Nematodes; Toxocariasis; Trichinosis; Baylisascaris; Trematodes; Schistosomiasis; Paragonimiasis; Cestodes; Cysticercosis; Parenchymal cysticercosis; Proton MR spectroscopy (MRS); Hydatid; Coenurosis; Sparganosis; Conclusion; References
- Chapter 5: Pathology of CNS parasitic infections
- Front Cover; Neuroparasitology and Tropical Neurology; Copyright; Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Contents; Section 1: Introduction; Chapter 1: Neurological aspects of neglected tropical diseases: an unrecognized burden; Introduction; Tropical diseases with neurological implications: an attempt at classification; The unrecognized burden of tropical neurology; The challenge of assessing the burden of tropical neurological diseases; Epilepsy: the silent epidemic; The challenge of ensuring that all those in need are reached by the national health servicesA public health strategy to reduce the burden of tropical neurological diseases; References; Section 2: Pathophysiology and characteristics of parasitic infections; Chapter 2: Mechanisms of CNS invasion and damage by parasites; Introduction; Mechanisms of CNS invasion by parasites; Parasite penetration through cell membrane barriers and adaptation to extra- or intracellular life; Vascular route and penetration through the blood-brain barrier; The blood-brain barrier; Embolization of Schistosoma eggs; Infection of red blood cellsMigration of larvae into the CNS; Crossing the blood-brain barrier by free-living, extracellular parasites: amebae and African trypanosomes; Parasites carried in white blood cells across the blood-brain barrier; Olfactory route for ameba penetration; Mechanisms of CNS structural and/or functional damage by parasites; Cytopathic effects by parasites in the brain parenchyma; Dysfunctions in the neurovascular units; Parasite invasion of circumventricular organs and neuronal dysfunction; Concluding remarks and future directions; Acknowledgments; References ...