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Foundations of Parasitology

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ISBN-10: 0072348984

ISBN-13: 9780072348989

Edition: 7th 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Larry S. Roberts, John Janovy, John Janovy

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List price: $164.06
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 720
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.092
Language: English

Larry Roberts is currently teaching parasitology and marine biology at the University of Miami. He received his Ph.D. in Parasitology from Johns Hopkins University and is a coauthor of Foundations of Parasitology, 5/e. Past teaching affiliations include University of Massachusetts, Texas Tech University, and Florida International University. Dr. Roberts has authored numerous research articles and a title of related interest: Underwater World of Sport Diving.

Introduction to Parasitology
Basic Principles and Concepts I: Parasite Ecology and Evolution
Basic Principles and Concepts II: Immunology and Pathology
Parasitic Prototoa: Form, Function, and Classification
Kinetoplasta: Trypanosomes and their Kin
Other Flagellated Protozoa
The Amebas
Phylum Apicomplexa: Gregarines, Coccidia, and Related Organisms
Phylum Apicomplexa: Malaria Organisms and Piroplasms
Phylum Ciliophora: Ciliated Protistan Parasites
Phyla Microspora and Myxozoa: Parasites with Polar Filaments
The Mesozoa: Pioneers or Degenerates?
Introduction to the Phylum Platyhelminthes
Trematoda: Aspidobothrea
Trematoda: Form, Function, and Classification of Digeneans
Digeneans: Strigeiformes
Digeneans: Echinostomatiformes and Paramphistomiformes
Digeneans: Plagiorchiformesand Opisthorchiformes
Monogenea
Cestoidea: Form, Function, and Classification of the Tapeworms
Tapeworms
Phylum Nematoda: Form, Function, and Classification
Nematodes: Trichurida and Dioctophymatida, Enoplean Parasites
Nematodes: Rhabditida, Pioneering Parasites
Nematodes: Strongylida, Bursate Rhabditians
Nematodes: Ascaridida, Intestinal Large Roundworms
Nematodes: Oxyurida, the Pinworms
Nematodes: Spirurida, A Potpourri
Nematodes: Filaroidea, the Filarial Worms
Nematodes: Camallanina, the Guinea Worms and Others
Phylum Acanthocephala: Thorny-Headed Worms
Phylum Pentastomida: Tongue Worms
Phylum Arthropoda: Form, Function, and Classification
Parasitic Crustaceans
Parasitic Insects: Mallophaga and Anoplura, the Lice
Parasitic Insects: Hemiptera, the Bugs
Parasitic Insects: Siphonaptera, the Fleas
Parasitic Insects: Diptera, the Flies
Parasitic Insects: Strepsiptera, Hymenoptera, and Others
Parasitic Archnids: Subclass Acri, the Ticks and Mites
Glossary