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Tables of Contents for Parasitology
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Series editor's preface
ix
Introduction to Parasitology
1
17
Parasites and Parasitism
1
4
Methods of invasion and escape
2
2
Life-cycles
4
1
Multiplicative phases
4
1
The nature of parasitism
5
2
Parasites' effect upon the host
7
3
Mechanical damage
8
1
Migration with the host
8
1
The parasite's feeding activity
9
1
Toxins
10
1
Immunosuppression
10
1
Host-parasite reactions
10
1
Pathology due to host response
11
1
Pathology due to parasite numbers
11
1
Parasite life-cycles
11
7
One host only, no asexual multiplication and no internal accumulation
12
1
Life-cycles in which no sexual reproduction has been observed but there is asexual multiplication and internal accumulation
12
1
Life-cycles with both sexual and asexual reproduction without change of host and with internal accumulation
13
1
Life-cycles with both sexual and asexual reproduction without change of host and with internal accumulation
13
1
Parasites with a sexual phase in one host and larval development but no asexual or internal accumulation in the intermediate host
14
1
Asexual reproduction with internal accumulation but no sexual reproduction and no external phase
15
1
Life-cycles with two changes of host but without any internal accumulation
15
1
Life-cycles that have mote than one host with both sexual and asexual phases and internal accumulation
15
1
Life-cycles using three hosts
16
1
Summary
16
1
End to chapter questions
17
1
Protozoa
18
8
The classification of parasitic protozoa
18
1
Parasitic protozoa of economic importance
19
1
Flagellated protozoa
19
2
Spore - forming protozoans
21
1
Biology of parasitic protozoa
22
4
Summary
25
1
End of chapter questions
25
1
Platyhelminths
26
17
Main characteristics
26
1
Turbellarians
26
1
Cestodes
26
1
Trematodes (Commonly known as flukes)
27
1
Nematodes (Commonly known as round worms)
27
1
Nepatomorpha (Commonly known as spiny-headed worms)
27
1
Acanthocephala (Commonly known as spiny - headed worms)
27
1
Tapeworms (Eucestoda)
27
7
Prominent features
28
1
Cestodaria (A relatively primitive sub-class)
28
1
Eucestoda (The main sub-class of tapeworms)
28
4
Cestode life-cycles
32
2
Cyclophyllidea or Taenioidea (tapeworms)
34
1
Trematodes
34
4
The body structure of trematodes
35
2
The habitat of adult trematodes
37
1
Nematodes
38
5
Morphology
38
1
Internal anatomy
38
1
Reproductive system
38
2
Life-cycle
40
1
Summary
40
1
End of chapter questions
40
3
Parasite examples Grouped According to Life-Cycle
43
22
Direct life-Cycles
43
6
Enterobius vermicularis
43
1
Ascaris Spp
44
1
Ancylostoma Spp (hookworms)
45
1
Trichinella spiralis
46
1
Strongyloides Spp
47
1
Toxocara canis
47
2
The Monogenea: parasitic trematodes with only one host
49
1
Polystoma integerrium
49
1
Parasitic protozoa with only one host
49
2
Eimeria spp
49
1
Entamoeba histolytica
50
1
Giardia lamblia
50
1
Indirect life-cycles
51
4
Protozoa with more than one host
51
4
Parasitic helminths transmitted by vectors
55
2
Wuchereria bancrofti
55
1
Onchocerca volvulus
55
1
Loa loa
56
1
Dracunculus medinensis
57
1
Parasites with two hosts and free-living distributive phases
57
1
Taenia Spp
57
1
Diphyllopbothrium latum
58
1
Cestodes with an asexual multiplicative phased in the intermediate host
58
2
Echinococcus granulosus
58
2
Taenia crassiceps
60
1
Mesocestoides corti
60
1
Helminth parasites with an intermediate host and two free-living stages
60
5
Schistosoma spp
60
1
Fasciola hepatica
61
2
Summary
63
1
End of Chapter Questions
63
2
Introduction to Host Response
65
18
Innate immunity
66
2
Entry of a pathogen
68
1
The host's response to the pathogen
69
1
The onset of the specific immune response
70
1
An outline of the adaptive immune system
71
4
The lymphoid organs
72
3
The main cell types involved with the immune response
75
4
The granulocytes
75
2
The agranulocytes
77
1
Macrophages and Phagocytosis
78
1
Mast cells
78
1
The second phase of the immune response
79
1
Lymphocytes and cytokines
80
1
Parasites, cytokines and T helper cells
80
3
Summary
81
1
End of chapter questions
81
2
Nutrition and Biochemistry of Parasites
83
10
The parasitic advantage
83
1
Uptake of nutrients
84
3
Uptake of amino-acids
84
1
Energy storage
85
2
Basic physiology and metabolic pathways
87
1
Transmission of parasites between hosts
87
3
Establishment
87
1
Factors affecting development
88
2
Antiparasitic chemotherapy
90
3
Summary
91
1
End of chapter questions
91
2
Pathological Effect of the Parasite upon the Host
93
17
Invading the host's body
93
1
Inflammation caused by parasites
94
2
Reaction to parasitic helminths
96
1
Organ and systemic pathology
97
1
Human trematode pathogens
98
6
Paragonimus westermani (lung fluke)
98
1
Opisthorchis viverrini and Clonorchis sinensis
98
1
Cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the gall bladder)
99
1
Schistosoma spp
100
1
Schistosoma mansoni, S. japonicum and S. intercalatum
100
1
Schistosoma haematobium
101
1
Fasciola hepatica and fascioliasis
101
3
The biology of Echinococcus
104
6
Infection in humans
105
1
Antibodies
105
1
The biology of E. granulosus
106
2
Summary
108
1
End of chapter questions
108
2
Epidemiology
110
6
Collection of data
110
3
Rural communities
111
1
Rural-urban movement
112
1
Problems and difficulties
113
3
Summary
115
1
End of chapter questions
115
1
Vaccines
116
5
The ideal vaccine
116
1
The target antigen
116
1
The development of a potential vaccine
117
2
Adjuvants
117
1
Factors that influence the development of immune responses
118
1
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
119
2
Summary
119
1
End of chapter questions
120
1
Aspects of Malaria
121
8
Obstacles of the development of a vaccine
121
1
Effector mechanisms against the sporozoite invasion
122
1
Host effector mechanisms operative at the hepatic stage
123
1
Effector mechanisms against asexual and intraerythrocytic parasites
123
1
Cerebral malaria
124
1
Attempts to develop anti-malaria vaccines
125
2
Vaccination with irradiated sporozoites
125
1
Cell-mediated immunity
126
1
Blood stage vaccines
126
1
Merozoite stage vaccines
127
1
A synthetic vaccine
127
2
Summary
127
1
End of chapter questions
127
2
Supplementary reading
129
2
General
129
1
Host response
129
1
Physiology and nutrition
129
1
Malaria and vaccines
130
1
Specific references
131
2
Index
133