environment 7
physiological 9
eosinophilia 81, 101
eosinophils 42, 69, 75–76, 78, 96, 97, 105
epidemiology 110–115
epidermis 68
ciliated 27
epiglottis 44
epimastigote(s) 5, 21, 53
epithelial cells 22, 23, 49, 54, 60
nutrient uptake 83, 84
epithelioid cells 96
epithelium 58, 93
epitope 77, 116, 117, 122
equilibrium
state 6, 7
Eriocheir japonicus 16
erythema 95
erythroblasts 72
erythrocyte(s) 76, 93
Plasmodium falciparuminfection 8, 22,
24, 121, 124, 125, 127
Plasmodium malariaeinfection 52
escape
methods 4
Eucestoda 27, 28, 57
Eucoccidiida 19
Eugregarinida 12
excretory organs 26
excretory pore 31
excystation 8
exocytosis 83
exoerythrocytic phase 51
exogenous budding 13, 60, 104
extracellular matrix 69
extracellular parasites 2, 22, 53
facilitated transport 83
facultative parasites 3
Fasciola gigantica 103
Fasciola hepatica61–63, 101–102, 116
feeding mechanism 85
immunosuppression due to 10
life-cycle 9, 15, 35, 37
parasite of economic importance 6
pathological effects 101–102
fascioliasis 102
fecundity 85
feeding
parasites 9
Felis domestica 54
fever 52, 98, 101
fibrillae 31
fibrin 97, 100
fibrinogen 69, 106
fibrinolytic systems 95
fibroblasts 69, 70
fibrocyte cells 96
fibronectin 69
fibrosis 104
fibrous capsule 56
fibrous cells 11
fibrous sheath 46
fibrous tissue 105, 106
filaria 9, 55, 110
INDEXfilarial infections 111, 112
filariasis 55
filariform larvae 13, 45
flagellae (flagellum) 8, 19, 21
Flagellates 19
flame cells 26, 31, 36, 101, 102, 104
flukes 9
follicles, lymphoid 75
food vacuole 19
formaldehyde 96
free-living animals 1
Freund’s complete adjuvant 118
Freund’s incomplete adjuvant 118
fructose 83
fructose 1, 6-diphosphate 83
fumarate 86
fungicides 66
galactose, tritriated 90
gametes, flagellated 22
gametocytes 23, 52, 125
gamma interferon (IFN-γ) 70, 80, 123–124,
125
Gammarus 28
gamont(s) 13
ganglia 31, 38
gastrodermis 36
gastrointestinal disturbance 104
genital pore 29, 31, 38
genitalia 8
genomes 11
genotype 65
germinal centre 74, 75
germinal layer 59, 104, 106
giant cells 97
Giardia 19
Giardia lamblia21, 50
glial cells 53
Glisson’s capsule 103
Glossina(tsetse fly) 20, 52, 53
glucose 85, 86, 89
glycocalyx 30, 85, 86
glycogen 30, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90
glycoproteins 30, 90
glycosides 87
glycososaminoglycans (GAG) 79
glycosomes 20
Golgi bodies 18
Golgi complex 30
granules 75
granulocyte leukocytes 69, 75
granuloma 11, 61, 81, 97, 100, 101
granulomagenic potential 81
granulomatous tissue 105
gravid proglottids 29
gregarines 22
gregarious animals 6, 7
gubernaculum 39
gut environment 44
gymnocephalous cercariae 98
gynocophoric groove 60
habitats 27
haematin 10, 93
Haemochus contortus 6haemoglobin 10, 22, 87, 93
haemopoietic cells 72, 77
haemorrhagic lesions 103
Haemosporina 19
Hageman factor (Hfa) 95
hair follicles 45
haploid organisms 12
heart muscle cells 53
Heligosomoides polygyrus 80
heparin 69, 77
hepatic cells 10, 22
see alsohepatocytes
hepatic tissue 9
hepatitis 103
hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) 126
hepatocytes 23, 51, 96, 121, 123, 125
hepatomegaly 104, 114
hepatopancreas 37, 61, 63, 102
heptalaminate 36
herbivorous animals 34
hermaphrodites 14, 26, 27, 63, 101, 102
Herpetomonas 21
heterogonic development 13, 48
hexacanth larva 28, 33, 57
histamine 69, 75, 76–78, 93, 95
histiocytes 70, 77, 96
Histomonas 19
HLA molecules 121
see alsoMHC molecules
homeothermic 32
homogonic development 13, 48
hooks 8
hookworm 5
hormones 49
host 1
antigens 100
definitive 1, 3, 14, 32, 88
effects of parasites 6, 7
intermediate 1, 3, 4, 14, 32, 88
non-susceptible 10
reservoir 55
response to parasites 65–82
susceptible 10
hyaline membrane 59
hydatid cyst 33, 34, 58, 59, 88, 106
hydatidosis 106, 107
hydrolases 75
hydrophilic domain 88
hydrophobic domain 88
hydrostatic skeleton 27
hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; serotonin) 69, 78,
94, 95
Hymenolepis diminuta79, 84, 85, 88–90
Hymenolepis microstoma 84
Hymenolepis nana12, 32, 89, 111
hyperplasia 79
hypersensitivity
T cell-dependent 74, 81
hypodermis 38
hypothalamus 96
ICAM-1 124
immune complex 105
immune evasion 4, 24, 25
immune response 5