Co-Infection of Tropical Parasitic Diseases

This monograph describes the co-infections of malaria, S.mansoni, soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school children in northwestern Tanzania. An area endemic for all the infections and epidemiology of co-infections remain unknown. From this monograph, epidemiology, co-infection pattern, their immunological interactions and morbidities are discussed. The monograph is important for student of medicine or biomedical sciences interested with tropical medicine.

Autorentext

Humphrey D. Mazigo (DVM, Msc, MPH) is a lecturer in Medical Parasitology,epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania. His research interest focus on immuno-epidemiology and immuno-morbidity of neglected Tropical Diseases in co-infected hosts with malaria and HIV.