List of Contributors.
Preface.
1. History of Parasitology (G.C.Cook)
2. Parasite Epidemiology (D.A.P. Bundy and E. Michael)
3. Malaria (B-A. Biggs and G.V. Brown)
4. Babesiosis (J.A. Gelfand and D.P. Poutsiaka)
5. Toxoplasmosis (J.D. Schwartzman)
6. Cryptosporidiosis and Isosporiosis (C.L. Sears and B.D.
Kirkpatrick)
7. Cyclospora (R.L. Guerrant and T. S. Steiner)
8. Microsporidia (E.U. Canning)
9. Amebas (U. Singh and W.A. Petri Jr)
10. Giardia lamblia (D.R. Hill)
11. Trichomonads (J.P. Ackers)
12. Pathogenic and Opportunistic Free-living Amebas: Naegleria
fowleri, Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris (A.J.
Martinez and G.S. Visvesvara)
13. Leishmaniasis (R.D. Pearson et al)
14A. African Trypanosomiasis (I. Balakrishnan and A. Zumla)
14B. American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas' Disease) (L.V.
Kirchhoff)
15. Blastocystis (D.J. Stenzel and R.E. Boreham)
16. Schistosomiasis (G.R. Olds and S. Dasarathy)
17. Hepatobiliary and Pulmonary Flukes: Opisthorchis, Clonorchis,
Fasciola and Paragonimus Species (T.R. Hawn and E.C. Jong)
18A. Blood-borrne Filarial Infection: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia
malayi, Brugia timori, Loa loa, Mansonella perstans and Mansonella
ozzardi (T.B. Nutman)
18B. Onchocerciasis (J. Whitworth)
18C. Strongyloides stercoralis and S. fulleborni (J.F. Lindo and
M.G. Lee)
19A. Toxocariasis (M.R.H. Taylor and C.V. Holland)
19B. Trichinellosis (P.M. Schantz and V. Dietz)
19C. Migrating Worms (S.H. Gillespie)
20. Dracunculiasis (R. Muller)
21. Intestinal Nematodes (S.H. Gillespie)
22. Echinococcosis (R.C.A. Thompson)
23. Cestodes (K. Willms and J. Sotelo)
24. Intestinal Trematodes (T.R. Hawn and E.C. Jong)
Index
Stephen Gillespie Professor of Microbiology and Regional Microbiologist, Royal Free and University College School of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
Richard D. Pearson is the editor of Principles and Practice of Clinical Parasitology, published by Wiley.
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