Introduction to Parasitology (eBook)

Front Cover 1
An Introduction to Parasitology 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
GENERAL PREFACE 6
PREFACE TO VOLUME 2 7
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 10
THE NATURE OF PARASITISM 10
CHARACTERISTICS OF PARASITES 10
RELATIONSHIP OF PARASITES TO HOSTS 11
KINDS OF PARASITES 12
THE BRANCHES OF PARASITOLOGY AND THE 
 
13 
PHYSIOLOGY OF PARASITES 14
ECOLOGY OF PARASITES 14
LIFE-CYCLE OF PARASITES 15
INFECTION, TRANSMISSION AND DISSEMINATION OF PARASITES 17
HARMFUL EFFECTS OF PARASITES ON THE HOST 19
RESISTANCE AND IMMUNITY TO PARASITIC INFECTIONS 20
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF PARASITIC INFECTIONS 22
CHAPTER 2. PROTOZOOLOGY 24
NATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF PROTOZOA 24
SARCODINA 25
MASTIGOPHORA 28
CILIOPHORA 36
CHAPTER 3. HELMINTHOLOGY 46
NATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF PARASITIC WORMS 46
BIOLOGY OF PARASITIC WORMS 48
PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF PARASITIC WORMS 49
TREMATODA 50
CESTOIDEA 67
ACANTHOCEPHALA 79
NEMATODA 80
HIRUDINEA 117
CHAPTER 4. ENTOMOLOGY 119
NATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF 
 
119 
MOSQUITOES (CULICIDAE) 122
NON-BLOODSUCKING FLIES 137
LICE (ANOPLURA AND MALLOPHAGA) 147
FLEAS (SIPHONAPTERA) 150
BUGS (HEMIPTERA) 154
OTHER INSECT GROUPS 157
MITES AND TICKS (ACARINA) 157
PENTASTOMIDA (TONGUE-WORMS) 172
VENOMOUS ARTHROPODA 174
CRUSTACEA 176
CHAPTER 5. MALACOLOGY 178
GENERAL 178
CLASSIFICATION OF MOLLUSCS 178
BIONOMICS AND CONTROL 181
CHAPTER 6. DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION 184
DIAGNOSIS 184
TREATMENT 186
PREVENTION 187
BIBLIOGRAPHY 190
INDEX 191