Medical parasitology: a self-instructional text / Ruth Leventhal, Russell F. Cheadle ; illustrations by Elliot Hoffman

Incluye bibliografía e índice: páginas 199-203

Preface to the Sixth Edition.. Acknowledgments.. Preface to the First Edition.. Atlas.. 1 Introduction.. Learning objectives for the chapter.. Glossary.. Introduction.. What is parasitology?.. Classification of parasites.. How to uselhis text.. Pre-test.. Bibliography.. 2 Nematoda.. Learning objectives for the chapter.. Glossary.. Introduction.. Intestinal nematodes.. Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm, seatworm.. Trichuris trichiura (whipworm.. Ascaris lumbricoides (large intestinal roundworm.. Necator americanus (new world hookworm and Ancylostoma duodenale (old world hookworm.. Strongyloides stercoralis (threadworm.. Trichinella spiralis (trichinosis; trichinellosis.. Dracunculus medinensis (guinea worm.. Filariae: tissue nematodes.. Filariae.. Zoonoses.. Post-test.. Bibliography.. 3 Cestoda.. Learning objectives for the chapter.. Glossary.. Introduction.. Hymenolepis nana (dwarf tapeworm.. Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm and Taenia solium (pork tapeworm.. Diphyllobothrium latum (broadfish tapeworm.. Echinococcus granulosus (hydatid tapeworm.. Post-test.. Bibliography.. 4 Digenea.. Learning objectives for the chapter.. Glossary.. Introduction.. Fasciolopsis buski (large intestinal fluke and Fasciola hepatica (sheep liver fluke.. Clonorchis sinensis (Oriental or Chinese liver fluke; Opisthorchis.. Heterophyes heterophyes and Metagonimus yokogawai (heterophyids.. Paragonimus westermani (Oriental lung fluke.. Schistosoma spp. (blood flukes.. Post-test.. Bibliography.. 5 Protozoa.. Learning objectives for the chapter.. Glossary.. Introduction.. Class lobosea.. Naegleria fowleri (primary amebic meningoencephalitis:.. Acanthamoebia spp. (Granulomatous amebic enophalitis:.. Entamoeba histolytica (ameba.. Superclass mastigophora.. Giardia lamblia (flagellate.. Dientamoeba fragilis (intestinal flagellate.. Trichomonas vaginalis (atrial flagellate.. Nonpathogenic intestinal flagellates.. Kinetoplastida

Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (east african sleeping sickness and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (west african sleeping sickness.. Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas' disease.. Leishmania tropica, L. mexicana, L. braziliensis, and L. donovani species complexes (leishmaniasis:.. Class kinetofragminophorea.. Balantidium coli (ciliate.. Class sporozoa.. Plasmodium species (malaria:.. Babesia species:.. Subclass coccidia.. Microsporidia.. Pneumocystis carinii.. Post-test.. Bibliography..