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Parasitic Infestation of Surgical Importance in Children

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The term parasitic infestation is used to refer to those infections caused by organisms that belong to the animal kingdom such as protozoa, helminths and arthropods [1]. They are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in infants and children [2]. However, they have received relatively little attention compared with infections due to viral, bacterial and fungal agents.

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  1. Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Calabar, and University of Calabar Teaching Hospital , Calabar, Nigeria

    U. E. Usang

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital Oxford and University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Kokila Lakhoo

  3. KCMC, Kilimanjaro and Muhimbili Medical Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Kokila Lakhoo

  4. Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Kokila Lakhoo

  5. The Children’s Hospital, PIMS Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Iftikhar Ahmad Jan

  6. Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Iftikhar Ahmad Jan

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

    Emmanuel A. Ameh

  2. Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics, Rady Children’s Hospital, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

    Stephen W. Bickler

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Kokila Lakhoo

  4. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Colombus, OH, USA

    Benedict C. Nwomeh

  5. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Dan Poenaru

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Usang, U.E., Lakhoo, K., Jan, I.A. (2020). Parasitic Infestation of Surgical Importance in Children. In: Ameh, E.A., Bickler, S.W., Lakhoo, K., Nwomeh, B.C., Poenaru, D. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41724-6_23

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