Clinical Parasitology A Practical Handbook for Medical Practitioners and Microbiologists

With rising numbers of patients receiving immune-modulatory agents and the greater global movement of potentially infected people, animals and food products, there is a significantly increased need for expertise in parasitic disease. However, with the time dedicated to teaching parasitology dramatically reduced in many medical teaching contexts, we are failing to develop a new generation of scientists and clinicians familiar with clinical presentations and laboratory manifestations of any but the most common parasitic diseases. This extensively updated third edition of Clinical Parasitology fills that knowledge gap and details the critical practical elements of clinical parasitology, supported by updated approaches to laboratory diagnosis and treatment. It further provides updated treatment protocols, reclassified names of organisms (with old names included for ease of discovery) and improved diagnostic methods that will be invaluable to the reader.The contents of the book are also laid out in a simple accessible format with common and uncommon parasites arranged alphabetically or according to clinical similarity. Each chapter covers the life cycle, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, updated treatment, follow up of cases and prevention (where applicable) for each parasitic infection. The book also provides: Quick reference guidance that combines biology with clinical impact for use in urban and rural medical settings.A detailed description of laboratory parasitology including information on all common and uncommon disease-causing parasites.An essential resource on parasitology that is a neglected and increasingly important area of microbiology, especially in non-endemic areas.This practical handbook is a concise, easy-to-use reference guide to clinical parasitology for busy doctors, laboratory scientists and medical specialists. It also provides essential information for any students of parasitology, including trainees in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology.