Plasmodium falciparum6, 10, 51, 52
cerebral malaria 124–127
drug resistance 90
erythrocyte infection 8, 51, 121
life-cycle 23, 51, 52
Plasmodium malariae23, 51, 52, 121
Plasmodium ovale23, 51, 121
Plasmodium vivax23, 51, 52, 121, 124
platelets 73, 75
platyhelminths 6, 26–42
characteristics 26
plerocercoid stage 16, 33, 58
Pleuroceridae 98
pluripotent stem cells 72, 76
pneumonia 44
poikilothermic 32, 35
polymorphonuclear leukocytes (neutrophils)
68–70, 75, 76, 124
polyparasitism 111
Polystoma integerrium35, 49
portal blood vessels 100
portal fibrosis 101
portal hypertension 101
portal system 8
praziquantel 90, 99, 100, 114
proboscis 55
protrusible 27
procercoid stage 33, 58
procollagen 90
procyclic forms 53
proglottids 27–32, 57, 58–60
‘prolapse’, uterine 57
proline 103
promastigote 21, 80
prostaglandins (PGE) 77, 95
prostrate gland 95
protandrous cestodes 32
protandry 32, 36
proteases 78
protected site 5
proteolytic enzymes 8, 61
protoscoleces 33, 59, 88, 97, 104, 106,
107
protozoa 2, 18–25
proventriculus 53
pseudocoele 27, 39
pseudocoelome 27, 37, 87
pseudocyst 24, 54
pseudophylideans 16, 33
Pseudophyllidea 28, 36
pulmonary circulatory system 44
pyrogen(s) 94, 96
pyrogenic effects 52, 122
pyruvate 85
quinone-tanning system 36
Rana temporaria 49
receptors for antibodies 78, 79
red pulp, spleen 74
rediae 16, 37, 62, 63, 98, 102
reproductive phases 11
RESA 126
reservoir host 55
respiratory organs 26
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reticulo-endothelial system 24, 53
reticulum, of fibroblasts 68, 73
rhabditiform larvae 45
Rhabditisspp. 13
rhabditoid eggs 13
Rhizopoda 19
Rhodnius 53
ribosomes 75
roach 16
rodents 104
Romanovsky stains 75
rostellar ganglia 31
rostellum 29, 31, 57, 60
Rutilus rutilus 16
salivarians 52
salivary gland 51, 52, 53
Sarcocystis 19
Sarcodina 19
Sarcomastigophora 19
Schistocephalus solidus 16
Schistosoma15, 60, 91
Schistosoma bovis 116
Schistosoma haematobium60, 61, 100
Schistosoma intercalatum6, 60, 100
Schistosoma japonicum60, 61, 100, 113,
114
Schistosoma mansoni37, 60, 100,
111–113
egg granuloma 80, 81, 97, 100
epidemiology of infections 111–113
feeding 9
host–parasite reactions 10
intermediate hosts 35
life-cycle 5, 61, 100
T cell response 80, 81
vaccine development 117
Schistosomatidae 35, 60
schistosome(s) 8, 85
schistosomiasis 60, 100, 101, 114
schistosomules 61, 100
schizogony 13, 23, 24, 49, 51, 52, 54,
126
SCID mice 123
sclerotin 36, 87
scolex 27–29, 33, 57, 58, 60
secretory bodies 30
selectins 68
seminal vesicle 39
sequestered parasites 8
serodiagnosis 107
serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) 69, 78, 94,
95
serum antibodies 45
sexual reproduction 14, 15, 16, 18
shrimp 28
‘signet ring’ stage 126
simple diffusion 83
Simulium damnosum 55
sinusoids 72, 74
sleeping sickness 52
see also Trypanosoma brucei
slow reacting substance (SRS) 78
sodium ions 83
sodium taurocholate 85somatic forms 13
spermatogenesis 36
spermatozoa 36
SPF 35.1, and SPF 55.1 vaccines 127
SPF 66 vaccine 127
spleen 67, 71, 73, 76, 97
splenomegaly 73, 112
sporocysts 16, 37, 50, 61, 63, 98, 102
Sporozoea 19
sporozoites
attenuated 125
Babesia23, 24
Cryptosporidium 54
Eimeria13, 24, 49–50, 86
Hymenolepis nana 12
Isospora 13
Plasmodium51–52, 122
Toxoplasma 54
sporulation 55
sputum 3
squamous epithelial cells 101
squirrels 104
Stercorarian 52
sternum 72
Stichorcis subtriquetrus 37
striated muscle 14, 46
strobila 29
strobilocercus 33, 34
Strongyloides stercoralis13, 47, 111
Strongyloides westeri 13
stumpy forms 53
sturgeon 28
subcutaneous tissues 55, 56
succinate 86
syncitial germinative layer 104
syncitial protoplasmic layer 30
syncitium 30
synergistic action 88
T cell antigen receptor (TCR) 66, 79
T cells (lymphocytes) 70, 73, 74
cytotoxic cells 74, 77, 78, 105, 116, 124,
126
delayed type hypersensitivity 74
helper cells 71, 74, 76–80
helper precursor (ThP) cell 80
helper Th 0 cells 80
helper Th 1 cells 80, 81, 123, 124
helper Th 2 cells 80, 81, 124, 125
hypersensitivity 81
suppressor cells 74, 77, 78
tachyzoites 54
Taenia 111
Taenia crassiceps15, 60, 84
Taenia ovis 116
Taenia saginata14, 57
Taenia solium5, 6, 14, 57, 97
taeniad egg 33
Taeniarhynchus saginatus 57
taenioids 33
tapeworms 9
tegument 9, 30, 36, 61, 83, 102, 117
temporary parasites 3, 4
Tenebriospp 33
terrestrial habitat 27