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Contributors
Preface to the third edition
Preface to the first edition
Sect. 1 Immune Responses to Parasitic Infections
1 Genetic variations in immunity to parasitic infections 3
2 Mononuclear phagocytes and resistance to parasitic infections 23
3 Mechanisms of acquired immunity against parasites 35
4 Mechanisms of immunopathology in parasitic infections 52
Pathology of schistosomiasis 53
Pathology of American trypanosomiasis 64
Pathology of leishmaniasis 71
5 Survival strategies of parasites in their immunocompetent hosts 87
6 Parasites in the immunocompromised host 100
7 Vaccines and the challenge of parasitic infections 126
Sect. 2 Protozoa
8 Entamoeba histolytica and amebiasis 143
9 Giardia lamblia and giardiasis 157
10 African trypanosomiasis 170
11 South American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) 213
12 Leishmaniasis 237
13 Toxoplasma gondii and toxoplasmosis 269
14 Malaria 302
15 Babesiosis 352
Sect. 3 Helminths
16 Schistosomiasis 387
17 Cestodes 438
18 Filariasis 473
19 Nematodes 496
Sect. 4 Synopsis of Parasitology
20 Protozoa 529
21 Helminths 567
Index 599