Index
Ancylostoma5, 45, 46
Ancylostoma braziliensis 111
Ancylostoma caninum11, 116
Ancylostoma duodenale9, 85
angiogenic factors 79
Angiostrongylus canonensis 76
aniline 76
Anopheles 51
Anophilinae 51
antibodies 71, 89
anti-Em-2 105
clonally specific 66
IgA 76, 77, 90
IgE 76, 83, 113
IgG 76, 113, 123
receptors 78, 79
antibody-dependent cell-mediated
cytotoxicity (ADCC) 76, 116
anti-coagulant 9, 45
anti-Em-2 antibodies 105
antigen(s) 10, 117
host 100
peptide fragments 70, 71
antigen presenting cell (APC) 67, 71, 72,
75, 77–79, 122
antigenic identity 117
antigenic variation 24
antimonial compounds 90
antitoxic immunity 121
anus 38
apical complex 22
Apicomplexa 19
apolytic proglottids 29
aquatic habitat 27
arachidonic acid 95
arteries 74
arterioles 74
arthropods 6, 32
blood sucking 14
vector 15
Ascaris4, 12, 44, 45, 87
Ascaris lumbricoides8, 9, 40, 44, 90, 112Ascaris suum 44
asexual reproduction 18
cestode life-cycles 34
internal accumulation with 15
life-cycles with 13–14
life-cycles with three hosts 16
life-cycles without 14
Mesocestoides corti 37
trematode life-cycles 37
Aspidogastrea 34, 35
Astacus japonicus 16
attenuated sporozoites 125
autocrine 69
autoinfection 47
avermectins 90
B cells (lymphocytes) 70, 76, 77, 103, 123
antigen receptors 77, 79
in lymphoid organs/nodes 72, 75
precursor 73
Babesia19, 23
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) 116, 118,
119
bactericides 66
BALB/c mice 89, 119
basophils 75, 76, 77, 105
benzimidazole 89, 90
benzothiazole 90
biflagellate microgametes 13
bifurcate structures 35
bilateral symmetry 26
bile 86, 88
bile duct 35, 62, 98, 102, 104
bilharzia seeschistosomiasis
biliary colic 104
biliary epithelium 99
binary fission 18, 53
biochemistry of parasites 83–92
biomass 88
Biomphalaria glabrata61, 100, 117
Bythnia 98
Black’s disease 104abdominal cavity 63
abdominal pain 104
Acanthamoeba 19
Acanthocephala (spiny headed worms) 2, 14
accessory cells 81
acetabula (sucking organs) 28, 35, 60
Acipenser 28
acoelomate structure 26
active penetration, by larvae 5
active transport 83
adaptation 2, 6
strategies 1
adaptive immune response 10, 11, 65–67,
70, 100
adaptive parasites 3
addressins 68
adenosine triphosphate (ATP) 86
adhesive organs 27
adjuvants 117, 118
Aedes 55
aerobic metabolism 85
afferent lymphatic duct 74
African trypanosomes 24
agranulocytes 57
Alaria canis 37
albendazole 90
alimentary canal 27, 35, 66
alkaline phosphatase 8
allergens 77
alternation of generations 12
aluminium potassium sulphate (alum) 118
alveolar cyst 105, 107
amastigote 21, 24, 53, 80, 112
amino-acids 84, 122
Amoebida 19
amoeboid movement 8, 25, 70
amphids 38
Amphilina foliacea 28
amyloid 10, 105
anaemia 93
anaerobic metabolism 85
anapolytic proglottids 30