Print version: Despommier, Dickson D. People, parasites, and plowshares : learning from our body’s most terrifying invaders. New York : Columbia University Press, 2013 xxi, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. ISBN 9780231161947
Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-201) and index
This new house : Trichinella spiralis -- Hooked on parasites : Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus -- Houdini’s nefarious cousins : the trypanosomes, the schistosomes, and the lymphatic filariae -- A parasite for all seasons : Toxoplasma gondii -- The unholy trinity : Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms -- The long and the short of it : tapeworms - Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Diphyllobothrium latum, Echinococcus granulosus, and Echinococcus multilocularis -- All’s well that ends well : Dracunculus medinensis -- Nature has all the answers. What’s your question?.