Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Chapter One: SYMBIOSIS AND PARASITISM -- Definitions -- Commensalism -- Phoresis -- Parasitism -- Mutualism -- Ecological Aspects of Parasitism -- Medical Implications -- Control Impediments -- Factors Influencing Prevalence -- Evolution of Parasitism -- Selected Readings -- Chapter Two: PARASITE-HOST INTERACTIONS -- Effects of Parasites on Hosts -- Tissue Damage -- Tissue Changes -- Biological Adaptations of Parasitism -- Physiology and Biochemistry of Parasitism -- Immunology -- Opportunistic Parasites -- Pneumocystis carinii -- Toxoplasma gondii -- Cryptosporidium parvum -- Enterocytozoon bieneusi -- Leishmania spp. -- Trypanosoma cruzi -- Plasmodium spp. -- Giardia lamblia -- Strongyloides stercoralis -- Schistosoma spp. -- Resistance -- Selected Readings -- PART ONE: THE PROTOZOA -- Chapter Three: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROTOZOA -- Locomotor Organelles -- Flagella -- Cilia -- Pseudopodia -- Other Organelles -- Nucleus -- Mitochondria -- Golgi Complex -- Lysosomes -- Cytoplasmic Food Storage -- Ribosomes -- Costa, Axostyle, and Vacuoles -- Encystation -- Reproduction -- Selected Readings -- Classification of the Protozoa -- Chapter Four: VISCERAL PROTOZOA I: AMOEBAE AND CILIATES -- Amoebae -- Entamoeba histolytica -- Entamoeba dispar -- Entamoeba hartmanni -- Entamoeba coli -- Entamoeba polecki -- Entamoeba gingivalis -- Iodamoeba bütschlii -- Endolimax nana -- Pathogenic Free-Living Amoebae -- Naegleria fowleri -- Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia -- Microsporidians -- Ciliates -- Balantidium coli -- Selected Readings -- Chapter Five: VISCERAL PROTOZOA II: FLAGELLATES -- Nontrichomonad Flagellates -- Giardia lamblia -- Chilomastix mesnili -- Retortamonis intestinalis -- Enteromonas hominis -- Dientamoeba fragilis.

The Genus Trichomonas and Related Forms -- Trichomonas tenax -- Trichomonas vaginalis -- Pentatrichomonas (Trichomonas) hominis -- Selected Readings -- Chapter Six: BLOOD AND TISSUE PROTOZOA I: HEMOFLAGELLATES -- Morphologic Forms -- Amastigote -- Promastigote -- Epimastigote -- Trypomastigote -- Genus Leishmania -- Life Cycle -- Physiology -- Host Immune Response -- Visceral Leishmaniasis (Leishmania donovani) -- Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (Leishmania tropica and Leishmania mexicana) -- Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis (Leishmania braziliensis) -- Genus Trypanosoma -- African Trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense) -- American Trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma cruzi) -- Selected Readings -- Chapter Seven: BLOOD AND TISSUE PROTOZOA II: HUMAN MALARIA -- Plasmodium and Human Malaria -- Life Cycle -- Life Cycle Variations -- Epidemiology -- Relapse and Recrudescence -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Chemotherapy -- Immunity -- Physiology -- Selected Readings -- Chapter Eight: BLOOD AND TISSUE PROTOZOA III: OTHER APICOMPLEXANS -- Babesia -- Life Cycle -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Chemotherapy -- Toxoplasma gondii -- Life Cycle -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Chemotherapy -- Host Immune Response -- Pneumocystis carinii -- Life Cycle -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Chemotherapy -- Host Immune Response -- Cryptosporidium parvum -- Life Cycle -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Chemotherapy -- Host Immune Response -- Cyclospora cayentanensis -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Chemotherapy -- Isospora belli -- Selected Readings -- PART TWO: THE TREMATODA -- Chapter Nine: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TREMATODA -- Structure of Adult -- Tegument -- Digestive Tract -- Muscular and Nervous Systems -- Osmoregulatory System -- Reproductive Systems -- Generalized Life Cycle Patterns.

The Miracidium -- The Sporocyst -- The Redia -- The Cercaria -- The Metacercaria -- Germ Cell Cycle -- Physiology -- Chemotherapy -- Selected Readings -- Classification of the Trematoda -- Chapter Ten: VISCERAL FLUKES -- Liver Flukes -- Fasciola hepatica -- Clonorchis sinensis -- Opisthorchis felineus and O. viverrini -- Intestinal Flukes -- Fasciolopsis buski -- Echinostoma trivolvis -- Heterophyes heterophyes and Metagonimus yokogawai -- Lung Flukes -- Paragonimus westermani -- Selected Readings -- Chapter Eleven: BLOOD FLUKES -- Morphology -- Life Cycle -- Variations -- Schistosoma haematobium -- Schistosoma mansoni -- Schistosoma japonicum -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Chemotherapy -- Immunity -- Other Schistosomes -- Swimmer's Itch -- Selected Readings -- PART THREE: THE CESTOIDEA -- Chapter Twelve: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CESTOIDEA -- Structure of Adult -- Tegument -- Parenchyma -- Parenchymal Musculature -- Scolex -- Calcareous Corpuscles -- Osmoregulatory System -- Nervous System -- Reproductive Systems -- Life Cycle Patterns -- Pseudophyllidean Patterns -- Cyclophyllidean Patterns -- Physiology -- Chemotherapy -- Selected Readings -- Classification of the Cestoidea -- Chapter Thirteen: INTESTINAL TAPEWORMS -- Diphyllobothrium latum -- Life Cycle -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Taenia solium -- Life Cycle -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Taenia saginata -- Life Cycle -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Hymenolepis nana -- Life Cycle -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Hymenolepis diminuta -- Dipylidium caninum -- Life Cycle -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Selected Readings -- Chapter Fourteen: EXTRAINTESTINAL TAPEWORMS -- Human Sparganosis -- Life Cycle -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Chemotherapy -- Prevention.

Human Cysticercosis -- Life Cycle -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Chemotherapy -- Host Immune Response -- Prevention -- Human Hydatidosis -- Life Cycle -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology and Diagnosis -- Chemotherapy -- Host Immune Response -- Prevention -- Selected Readings -- PART FOUR: THE NEMATODA -- Chapter Fifteen: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEMATODA -- Structure of Adult -- Cuticle -- Hypodermis -- Musculature -- Digestive Tract -- Nervous System -- Excretory System -- Reproductive Systems -- Larval Forms -- Physiology -- Selected Readings -- Classification of the Nematoda -- Chapter Sixteen: INTESTINAL NEMATODES -- The Adenophorea -- Trichuris trichiura -- Trichinella spiralis -- The Secernentea -- Strongyloides stercoralis -- Human Hookworm Disease -- Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale -- Cutaneous Larval Migrans -- Ascaris lumbricoides -- Visceral Larval Migrans -- Anisakis spp. -- Enterobius vermicularis -- Selected Readings -- Chapter Seventeen: BLOOD AND TISSUE NEMATODES -- Life Cycle -- Periodicity -- Filarial Worms -- Wuchereria bancrofti -- Brugia malayi -- Onchocerca volvulus -- Loa loa -- Mansonella ozzardi, Mansonella perstans, and Mansonella streptocerca -- The Guinea Worm -- Dracunculus medinensis -- Selected Readings -- PART FIVE: ARTHROPODA -- Chapter Eighteen: ARTHROPODS AS VECTORS -- Significance of Arthropods as Vectors -- General Structural Features -- The Dipterans -- Biting Dipterans -- Nonbiting Dipterans -- Other Insects -- Reduviid Bugs -- Fleas -- Lice -- The Acarines -- Ticks -- Mites -- Selected Readings -- Classification of the Arthropoda -- GLOSSARY -- Appendix A: DRUGS FOR PARASITIC INFECTIONS: PARTIAL LIST OF GENERIC AND BRAND NAMES -- Appendix B: CURRENT CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC REGIMENS -- Appendix C: ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ANTIPARASITIC DRUGS -- INDEX.