Pediculus humanus capitis
Sarcoptes scabiei
Infections in the compromised patient
Laboratory infections
Intestinal protozoa
Free-living amebae
Plasmodium spp.
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. brucei rhodesiense
Trypanosoma cruzi
Leishmania spp.
Toxoplasma gondii
Specimen handling
Summary
32 Immunology of Parasitic Infections
Amebiasis
Giardiasis
Toxoplasmosis
African trypanosomiasis
American trypanosomiasis
Malaria
Helminth infections
Summary
33 Antibody and Antigen Detection in Parasitic Infections
Protozoal infections
Amebiasis
Babesiosis
Chagas’ disease
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
Giardiasis
Leishmaniasis
Malaria
Toxoplasmosis
Trichomoniasis
Helminth infections
Cysticercosis
Hydatid disease
Fascioliasis
Filariasis
Paragonimiasis
Schistosomiasis
Strongyloidiasis
Toxocariasis
Trichinosis
Intradermal tests
Casoni test
Montenegro test
34 Histologic Identification of Parasites
Protozoa
Amebae
Flagellates
Ciliates
Coccidia
Microsporidia
Helminths
Nematodes
Cestodes
Trematodes
Blood Parasites
Malaria
Leishmania
Trypanosomes
Filaria
35 Medically Important Arthropods
Arthropods and their relationship to disease
Biological vectors of microorganisms
Bites and envenomation
Tissue invasion
Entomophobia and delusional infestation (parasitosis)
Class Insecta (insects)
Order Diptera (flies, mosquitoes, and midges)
Myiasis
Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
Order Coleoptera (beetles)
Order Siphonaptera (fleas) (Ctenocephalides spp., Xenopsylla cheopis, Pulex irritans [human flea], Tunga penetrans, Nosopsyllus fasciatus, Echidnophaga gallinacea, and “sand fleas”)
Order Anoplura (sucking lice)
Order Mallophaga (biting and chewing lice)
Order Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, and ants)
Order Blattaria (cockroaches)
Class Arachnida (ticks, mites, spiders, and scorpions)
Subclass Acari (ticks, mites, and chiggers)
Subclass Araneae (spiders)
Subclass Scorpiones (scorpions)
Other arthropods
Class Chilopoda (centipedes)
Class Diplopoda (millipedes)
Class Crustacea (copepods, crabs, crayfish, etc.)
Control of arthropods of medical importance
Physical control
Biological control
Chemical control
