Essentials of Medical Parasitology (2^nd Ed.)

This book is a complete guide to medical parasitology for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The new edition has been fully revised to provide the latest updates and advances in the field, highlighting epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of numerous parasitic diseases.

Presented in bullet format, the text is divided into four main sections, each further sub-divided to cover different parasites.

The second edition covers recent advances in laboratory diagnosis, treatment guidelines, vaccine prophylaxis, epidemiology of infectious diseases, and hospital infection control.

Each chapter features questions on the topic to assist revision, as well as clinical images, schematic diagrams, tables and flowcharts.

Key points

• Complete guide to medical parasitology for students
• Fully revised, new edition covering latest advances in the field
• Includes questions on each topic to assist revision
• Previous edition (9789351523291) published in 2014

Section 1 INTRODUCTION

1. General Introduction: Parasitology

Section 2 PROTOZOOLOGY

2. Introduction to Protozoa
3. Amoeba
4. Flagellates—I (Intestinal and Genital)
5. Flagellates—II (Hemoflagellates)
6. Apicomplexa—I (Malaria parasite and Babesia)
7. Apicomplexa—II (Opportunistic Coccidian Parasites)
8. Miscellaneous Protozoa

Section 3 HELMINTHOLOGY

9. Introduction to Helminths
10. Cestodes
11. Trematodes or Flukes
12. Nematodes—I (Intestinal Nematodes)
13. Nematodes—II (Nematodes of Lower Animals that Rarely Infect Man)
14. Nematodes—III (Somatic Nematodes)

Section 4 MISCELLANEOUS

15. Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases
16. Medical Entomology

Appendices
Appendix I Clinical syndromes in parasitology
Appendix II Relative size of morphological forms of parasites

Index

Apurba S Sastry MD DNB MNAMS PDCR
Hospital Infection Control Officer, Officer in-charge HICC, Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

Sandhya Bhat MD DNB MNAMS PDCR
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India