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020 _a9780073524191
040 _cNULRC
050 _aQL 757 .R63 2009
100 _aRoberts, Larry S.
_eauthor
245 0 _aFoundations of parasitology /
_cLarry Roberts, John Janovy, Jr. and Steve Nadler
250 _aNinth edition.
260 _aNew York :
_bMcGraw Hill Education,
_cc2009
300 _axvii, 670 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c28 cm.
365 _bUSD174.84
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aIntroduction to parasitology -- Basic principles and concepts I: Parasite systematics, ecology, and evolution -- Basic principles and concepts II: Immunology and pathology -- Parasitic protozoa: form, function, and classification -- Kinetoplasta: Trypanosomes and their kin -- Other flagellated Protozoa -- The Amebas -- Phylum Apicomplexa: Gregarines, Coccidia, and related organisms -- Phylum Apicomplexa: Malaria organisms and piroplasms -- Phylum Ciliophora: Ciliated Protistan parasites -- Microsporida and Myxozoa: parasites with polar filaments -- The Mesozoa: pioneers or degenerates? -- Introduction to Phylum Platyhelminthes -- Trematoda: Aspidobothrea -- Trematoda: form, function, and classification of Digeneans -- Digeneans: Strigeiformes -- Digeneans: Echinostomatiformes -- Digeneans: Plagiorchiformes and Opisthorchiformes -- Monogenoidea -- Cestoidea: form, function, and classification of the tapeworms -- Tapeworms -- Phylum Nematoda: form, function, and classification -- Nematodes: Trichurida and Dioctophymatida, Enoplean parasites -- Nematodes: Rhabditida, pioneering parasites -- Nematodes: Strongylida, Bursate Rhabditians -- Nematodes: Ascaridida, intestinal large roundworms -- Nematodes: Oxyurida, the Pinworms -- Nematodes: Spirurida, a potpourri -- Nematodes: Filaroidea, the Filarial worms -- Nematodes: Camallanina, the Guinea worms and others -- Phylum Nematomorpha, Hairworms -- Phylum Acanthocephala: Thorny-headed worms -- Phylum Arthropoda: form, function, and classification -- Parasitic Crustaceans -- Phylum Pentastomida: Tongue worms -- Parasitic insects: Mallophaga and Anoplura, the Lice -- Parasitic insects: Hemiptera, the bugs -- Parasitic insects: Siphonaptera, the Fleas -- Parasitic insects: Diptera, the Flies -- Parasitic insects: Strepsiptera, Hymenoptera, and others -- Parasitic Arachnids: Subclass Acari, the Ticks and Mites.
520 _aA parasitology text for biology and/or zoology students at the undergraduate level. Emphasizes principles with related information on the biology, physiology, morphology, and ecology of the major parasites of humans and domestic animals. This is not a diagnostic manual for medical students.
650 _aPARASITOLOGY
700 _aJanovy Jr., John;Nadler, Steve
_eco-author;co-author
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