culture 373
diagnosis 652
morphology 373
pathogenesis 373
seealsoDermatomy-
coses
Desensitization 140
Deuteromycetes 34 8, 352
DiagnosisseeLaboratory
diagnosis;specificinfec-
tions
Diaminobenzylpyrimidine
190
Diaminopyrimidines 533
Dicrocoelium
dendriticum543,556,
557
diagnosis 641 , 643
Dientamoebafragilis
504 – 505
Differentialstaining 14 8,
21 1–2 12
DiGeorgesyndrome 140
Digestion 161
Digestiveglandinfections
64 1–6 43
seealsospecificinfections
Dihydropropoxymethyl-
guanosine(DHPG) 404
Dilutioncoefficient 36
Dilutionseriestests 204
Dinitrophenol(DNP) 140
Diphtheria254, 257
clinicalpicture 25 6, 257
diagnosis 256 – 257 , 631
epidemiology 257 – 258
nasopharyngeal 257
prevention 258
therapy 257
seealsoCorynebacterium
diphtheriae
Diphtheriatoxin 1 6,254,
256
detection 257
regulation 18 – 19
Diphyllobothrium(diphyl-
lobothriosis) 561 , 575 – 576
clinicalmanifestations
576
diagnosis 57 6, 640
lifecycle 576
occurrence 575 – 576
prevention 576
therapy 576
Diplomonadea 477
Diptera 606
Dirofilaria(dirofilariosis)
605
immitis 605
repens 605
Disinfection34, 35
chemicalmethods
39 – 40
kineticsofpathogen
killing 35 – 36
mechanismsofaction
36 – 37
physicalmethodsof
3 7–3 8
heat 37 – 38
radiation 38
practicaldisinfection
40 – 41
Disposition8, 11
DNA
amplificationtechniques
21 6–2 17
bacterialDNAstructure
167 – 168
cloning 178 – 179
modification 177 – 178
replication 16 8, 181
topology 150
transcription 168 – 1 69,
181
translation 1 69, 181
transposableelements
173
virulenceregulation
mechanisms 18 – 19
DNAprobes 216
DNAtumorviruses 396
DNAviruses 377 – 3 78,
412 – 434
double-stranded
413 – 434
replication 384 – 385,
387
single-stranded
41 2–4 13
seealsospecificviruses
DNases 238
Domain 140
Doublediffusiontechni-
que 12 1–1 22
Doxycycline 19 4, 533
Dracunculoidea 545
Dracunculusmedinensis
(dracunculosis) 596
diagnosis 653
Drugresistance
antimalarialdrugs 532
resistanceplasmids 167 ,
16 8, 17 6, 177
seealsoAntibioticresis-
tance
Duffyantigenreceptorfor
chemokines(DARC)85,
140
Duodenalulcer 307 , 638
Dysentery 28 0, 287 – 289
clinicalpicture 288
diagnosis 28 8, 638
epidemiology 288 – 289
prevention 289
therapy 288
seealsoShigella
&E
E-selectin(ELAM) 529
Earinfections 658
Earlyantigen(EA) 424
Earlysummermenin-
goencephalitis(ESME) 607
Ebolavirus 471
clinicalpicture 471
diagnosis 471 , 650
epidemiology 471
pathogenesis 471
prevention 471
Echinocandins 357
Echinococcus(echinococ-
cosis) 565 – 5 75, 634
granulosus565,
566 – 571
clinicalmanifestations
568 – 571
control 571
diagnosis 571 ,625,
643 , 646
epidemiology 568
hosts 566
lifecycle 566 – 568
morphology 56 6, 569
occurrence 566
prevention 571
therapy 571
transmission 29
multilocularis565,
57 1–5 74
clinicalmanifestations
570 , 574
control 574
diagnosis 57 4,625,
643 , 646
distribution 572
epidemiology
57 3–5 74
hosts 573
lifecycle 567 , 573
morphology 56 9, 572
prevention 574
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