RT Book, Section
A1 Weller, Peter F.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141413634
T1 INTRODUCTION TO HELMINTHIC INFECTIONS
T2 Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835971
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141413634
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  word  helminth  is  derived  from  the  Greek  helmins  (“parasitic  worm”).  Helminthic  worms  are  highly  prevalent  and,  depending  on  the  species,  may  exist  as  free-living  organisms  or  as  parasites  of  plant  or  animal  hosts.  The  parasitic  helminths  have  co-evolved  with  specific  mammalian  and  other  host  species.  Accordingly,  most  helminthic  infections  are  restricted  to  nonhuman  hosts,  and  only  rarely  do  these  zoonotic  helminths  accidentally  cause  human  infections.