Let's Make Medical Parasitology Easily Applied

This book gives essential details of general medical parasitology through chapters that deal with the general structure of parasites according to their classification, then; chapters briefly concerned with the epidemiology of each specific parasite, life cycle, possible modes of infection and habitat in the human body, with a special emphasis on the host-parasite relationships and the immune response that ends up in the pathogenesis. Practical information on clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and methods of prevention and control of each specific parasite have been also included in these chapters. The last chapters represent scopes on specific topics like: the immune response against parasites, diagnostic techniques and other important overview topics in medical parasitology. Hope this book will be useful to undergraduate and postgraduate medical students to settle a basic academic background and practical diagnostic skills related since the main aim of "Let's Make Medical Parasitology Easily Applied" is to bridge the gap between traditional encyclopedic advanced books of parasitology and clinically applied medical parasitology books.