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A comprehensive account of protozoan and metozoan diseases in modern clinical practice, with orientation towards clinical management of parasitic infections. In the past, parasitology was considered as an obscure subject of little relevance to the majority of clinicians and microbiologists. Over the last decade, however, much has happened to change this, not least the explosion in foreign travel This textbook is the forth in the Principles and Practice series, providing an expansive and detailed coverage of clinical microbiology. It has a similar appeal to that of Zuckerman's, Principles & Practice of Clinical Virology, with an international authorship and emphasis placed on integrating new knowledge in a clinically relevant manner. . An essential, up-to-date sourcebook on the fundamentals of human parasitology . Provides a global approach with renowned and international authorship . Completes the quartet of Principles and Practice series in MicrobiologyContent: Chapter 1 History of Parasitology (pages 1–20): G.C. CookChapter 2 Parasite Epidemiology (pages 21–52): D.A.P. Bundy and E. MichaelChapter 3 Malaria (pages 53–98): B.?A. Biggs and G.V. BrownChapter 4 Babesiosis (pages 99–112): Jeffrey A. Gelfand and Debra D. PoutsiakaChapter 5 Toxoplasmosis (pages 113–138): Joseph D. SchwartzmanChapter 6 Cryptosporidiosis and Isosporiasis (pages 139–164): Cynthia L. Sears and Beth D. KirkpatrickChapter 7 Cyclospora (pages 165–170): Richard L. Guerrant and Theodore S. SteinerChapter 8 Microsporidia (pages 171–195): E.U. CanningChapter 9 Amebas (pages 197–218): Upinder Singh and William A. PetriChapter 10 Giardia lamblia (pages 219–241): David R. HillChapter 11 Trichomonads (pages 243–268): J. P. AckersChapter 12 Pathogenic and Opportunistic Free?living Amebas: Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris (pages 269–285): Augusto Julio Martinez and Govinda S. VisvesvaraChapter 13 Leishmaniasis (pages 287–313): Richard D. Pearson, Selma M. B. Jeronimo and Anastacio de Q. SousaChapter 14a African Trypanosomiasis (pages 315–334): I. Balakrishnan and A. ZumlaChapter 14b American Trypanosomiasis (pages 335–353): Louis V. KirchhoffChapter 15 Blastocystis (pages 355–368): D. J. Stenzel and R. E. BorehamChapter 16 Schistosomiasis (pages 369–405): G. Richard Olds and Srinivasan DasarathyChapter 17 Hepatobiliary and Pulmonary Flukes: Opisthorchis, Clonorchis, Fasciola and Paragonimus spp. (pages 407–432): Thomas R. Hawn and Elaine C. JongChapter 18a Blood?borne Filarial Infections: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Brugia timori, Loa loa, Mansonella perstans and Mansonella ozzardi (pages 433–455): Thomas B. NutmanChapter 18b Onchocerciasis (pages 457–478): J. WhitworthChapter 18c Strongyloides stercoralis and S. fulleborni (pages 479–500): John F. Lindo and Michael G. LeeChapter 19a Toxocariasis (pages 501–520): M. R. H. Taylor and Celia V. HollandChapter 19b Trichinellosis (pages 521–533): Peter M. Schantz and Vance DietzChapter 19c Migrating Worms (pages 535–551): Stephen H. GillespieChapter 20 Dracunculiasis (pages 553–559): Ralph MullerChapter 21 Intestinal Nematodes (pages 561–583): Stephen H. GillespieChapter 22 Echinococcosis (pages 585–612): R. C. A. ThompsonChapter 23 Cestodes (pages 613–633): Kaethe Willms and Julio SoteloChapter 24 Intestinal Trematodes (pages 635–646): Thomas R. Hawn and Elaine C. Jong