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Medical Parasitology

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Gerhard Piekarski

    1. Institute of Medical Parasitology, University of Bonn, Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Gerhard Piekarski
      Pages 1-4

  3. Protozoa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-6
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    2. Flagellates

      • Gerhard Piekarski
      Pages 7-46

    3. Amoebae

      • Gerhard Piekarski
      Pages 47-65

    4. Sporozoa, Coccidia

      • Gerhard Piekarski
      Pages 67-110

    5. Ciliates

      • Gerhard Piekarski
      Pages 111-115

  4. Helminths

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-118
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    2. Trematodes (Flukes)

      • Gerhard Piekarski
      Pages 119-119

    3. Intestinal Trematodes (Intestinal Flukes)

      • Gerhard Piekarski
      Pages 121-171

    4. Cestodes (Tapeworms)

      • Gerhard Piekarski
      Pages 173-204

    5. Nematodes (Roundworms)

      • Gerhard Piekarski
      Pages 205-296

    6. Protozoa — Helminths

      • Gerhard Piekarski
      Pages 297-299

    7. Trematoda — Cestoda — Nematoda

      • Gerhard Piekarski
      Pages 301-303

    8. The Most Important Methods of Microscopic Investigation

      • Gerhard Piekarski
      Pages 304-327

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 328-363
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About this book

Medical Parasitology is primarily intended to be an illustrated textbook which provides a review ofthe most important species ofparasite which occur in man; their areas ofdistribution, morphology and development, the typical disease symptoms resulting from infection, epidemiology and also methods of detection and indications for therapy. The main emphasis is on the protozoan and helmin­ thic diseases; medical entomology has only been covered in connection with the epidemiology of the diseases described here. Parasites sometimes occur exclusively in man (anthropoparasites) and sometimes also in animals (anthropozoonotic parasites). The monoxenous species complete theirdevelopmentinmanorinoneanimalalone (Scheme I). Heteroxenousspecies, which include most of the medically important parasites, develop partly in man and partly in animals in the course of their life cycle. They may even be forced to infect different species so that they can continue their development. This may sometimes be associated with a digenesis, the larval development taking place in one intermediate (Scheme II ®) or in two different intermediate hosts (Scheme III ®, ©), andthesexuallymaturestagedevelopinginanotherhost, the so-called definitive host (Scheme III ®). The importance of the intermediate hosts can vary considerably (see below).

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Medical Parasitology, University of Bonn, Bonn 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    Gerhard Piekarski

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Medical Parasitology

  • Authors: Gerhard Piekarski

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72948-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-72950-8Published: 06 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-72948-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 363

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology, Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Zoology

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