PARASITOLOGY

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PARASITOLOGY n Jack Chernin School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, UK LIFE LINES London and New York LIFE ...

First published 2000 by Taylor & Francis 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada ...

CONTENTS Series editor’s preface ix 1 Introduction to Parasitology 1 1.1 Parasites and parasitism 1 1.1.1 Methods of invasion an ...

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viii Summary End of chapter questions 2 Protozoa 2.1 The classification of parasitic protozoa 2.2 Parasitic protozoa of economi ...

SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE Teaching programmes in universities now are generally arranged in collections of discrete units. These g ...

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INTRODUCTION TO PARASITOLOGY n 1.1 PARASITES AND PARASITISM The word ‘parasite’ is derived from the Greek words para(meaning bes ...

PARASITOLOGY within their host to which they have become adapted. There are very few areas of the vertebrate body that have not ...

INTRODUCTION TO PARASITOLOGY Methods of escape Methods of infection/invasion Oral, eggs or larvae swallowed Via vector — a blood ...

Methods of escape: n The most common method of escape of eggs or larvae is via the faeces or urine. However escape can occur thr ...

n Larvae actively penetrate the definitive host, mature into adults and then produce eggs which exit via the faeces eg Ancylosto ...

PARASITOLOGY The invertebrate groups evolved before the vertebrates and, once the vertebrates came into existence, invertebrates ...

The majority of established parasites have exploited their hosts to their maximum potential by making their hosts their environm ...

need for migration. Parasites in the wrong host continue their migrations, ‘lose their way’ and end up in situations where they ...

1.3.2.1 Possible reasons for parasite migration within the host n The point of infection is not in the area of the parasite’s or ...