Panikers textbook of medical parasitology / revised and edited by Sougata Ghosh ; foreword, Jagdish Chander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paniker, C. K. Jayaram, author.

Contributor:

Chander, Jagdish, writer of foreword.

Ghosh, Sougata, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parasitology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages)

Edition:

Eight edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : The Health Sciences Publisher, [2018]

Summary:

* Written as per the latest curriculum of MBBS and MD (Microbiology)* Rearranges all the chapters in as sequential format and thoroughly updated and expanded to include new data * Adds the recent advances in each topic such as vaccine trials in Leishmania and Malaria, drug resistance in malaria. The new and fresh look reinvigorates the reading experience* Includes many new photographs, tables and flow charts* Rewrites the laboratory diagnosis, treatment protocols and prophylaxis completely* Describes important concepts for the preparations of postgraduate examination in separate boxes* Presents Key Points in a box format at the end of each chapter for last-minute revision* Arranges the whole content of the book in a bulleted format and uses subheads for increased readability.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Foreword

Preface to the Eight edition

Preface to the First edition

Acknowledgment

Contents

General Introduction: Parasitology

Protozoa

Amebae

Intestinal, Oral and Genital Flagellates

Hemoflagellates

Malaria and Babesia

Coccidia

Microspora

Balantidium Coli

Helminths: General Features

Cestodes: Tapeworms

Trematodes: Flukes

Nematodes: General Features

Trichinella Spiralis

Trichuris Trichiura

Strongyloides Stercoralis

Hookworm

Enterobius Vermicularis

Ascaris Lumbricoides

Filarial Worms

Dracunculus Medinensis

Miscellaneous Nematodes

Diagnostic Methods in Parasitology.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

93-89776-07-4

OCLC:

1250079620