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CONTENTS
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C O N T E N T S
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 2
SPECIMEN COLLECTION AND
PROCESSING 14
CHAPTER 3
THE AMEBAS 41
Entamoeba histolytica 45
Entamoeba hartmanni 51
Entamoeba coli 53
Entamoeba polecki 56
Endolimax nana 58
Iodamoeba bütschlii 60
Entamoeba gingivalis 63
Naegleria fowleri 65
Acanthamoeba species 68
CHAPTER 4
THE FLAGELLATES 77
Giardia intestinalis 80
Chilomastix mesnili 86
Dientamoeba fragilis 88
Trichomonas hominis 91
Enteromonas hominis 92
Retortamonas intestinalis 94
Trichomonas tenax 96
Trichomonas vaginalis 97
CHAPTER 5
THE HEMOFLAGELLATES 104
Leishmania braziliensis complex 111
Leishmania donovani complex 113
Leishmania mexicana complex 116
Leishmania tropica complex 117
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense 120
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense 121
Trypanosoma cruzi 123
Trypanosoma rangeli 125
CHAPTER 6
SELECT SPOROZOA: PLASMODIUM AND
BABESIA 129
Plasmodium vivax 136
Plasmodium ovale 141
Plasmodium malariae 143
Plasmodium falciparum 147
Plasmodium knowlesi 151
Babesia microti 154
Babesia divergens 154
CHAPTER 7
MISCELLANEOUS PROTOZOA 159
Balantidium coli 162
Isospora belli 165
Sarcocystis species 168
Cryptosporidium parvum 170
Blastocystis hominis 172
Cyclospora cayetanensis 174
Microsporidia 176
Toxoplasma gondii 177
Pneumocystis jiroveci (Pneumocystis
carinii) 182
CHAPTER 8
THE NEMATODES 188
Enterobius vermicularis 192
Trichuris trichiura 195
Ascaris lumbricoides 197
Necator americanus 202
Ancylostoma duodenale 202
Strongyloides stercoralis 207
Trichinella spiralis 210
Dracunculus medinensis 213
CHAPTER 9
THE FILARIAE 222
Wuchereria bancrofti 225
Brugia malayi 227
Loa loa 229
Onchocerca volvulus 231
Mansonella ozzardi 233
Mansonella perstans 235
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