Practical Guide to Diagnostic Parasitology. Lynne Shore Garcia

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      Garcia, Lynne Shore.

      Practical guide to diagnostic parasitology / Lynne S. Garcia. — 2nd ed.

       p. ; cm.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-1-55581-454-0 (softcover : alk. paper) 1. Diagnostic

      parasitology. I. Title.

      [DNLM: 1. Parasitic Diseases—diagnosis. 2. Laboratory Techniques and

      Procedures. WC 695 G216p 2009]

      RC255.G37 2009

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      Cover figure: Bloodstream forms of the African trypanosome, Trypanosoma brucei, stained for a surface membrane protein (in green) and counterstained with the DNA intercalating dye DAPI, thus revealing the parasite’s central nucleus and posterior kinetoplast. (Courtesy of Keith Matthews and Sam Dean, University of Edinburgh.)