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Intro
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
1: The Phenomenon Parasitism
1.1 Host Specificity
1.2 Ontogenetic Development of Parasites
1.3 Follow-Up of Different Generations
1.4 Speed of Development
1.5 Adaptations
1.6 Pathogenicity
1.7 Diseases
1.8 Parasite Diagnosis
Further Reading
2: Parasites That Are Important Especially for Humans Endangering Their Health and Life
2.1 Groups of Parasites
2.2 Organs of Humans and Their Typical (Common) Parasites
3: Protozoans Attacking Humans
3.1 History and Relations
3.2 Trichomonas vaginalis (Trichomoniasis)
3.3 Flagellata of the Intestine
3.3.1 Trichomonas tenax
3.3.2 Entamoeba gingivalis
3.4 Giardia lamblia (syn. G. duodenalis, G. intestinalis)
3.5 Trypanosoma brucei Group (African Trypanosomiasis)
3.6 South American Trypanosomes
3.6.1 Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas ́Disease)
3.6.2 Trypanosoma rangeli
3.7 Leishmania Species (Agents of the Skin, Mucosa and American Leishmaniasis)
3.8 Leishmania donovani Complex (Visceral Leishmaniasis)
3.9 Entamoeba histolytica (Entamoebiasis, Amoebiasis and Bloody Flu)
3.10 Facultatively Pathogenic Amoebae
3.10.1 Species of the Genera Acanthamoeba, Naegleria and Balamuthia
3.10.2 Dientamoeba fragilis
3.10.3 Apathogenic Amoebae or with a Low-Grade Pathogenicity
3.11 Isospora belli (Cystoisospora belli)
3.12 Cyclospora cayetanensis (Cyclosporiasis)
3.13 Cryptosporidium Species (Cryptosporidiosis)
3.14 Sarcosporidia
3.14.1 Sarcocystis Species Inside the Human Intestine (S. suihominis, S. bovihominis)
3.14.2 Sarcocystis Species in Human Muscles
3.15 Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)
3.16 Plasmodium Species (Malaria)
3.17 Babesia Species (Babesiasis, Babesiosis)
3.18 Balantidium coli (Balantidiasis)
3.19 Pneumocystis jiroveci (Pneumocystosis)
3.20 Blastocystis Species (Blastocystosis)
3.21 Microsporidia
3.21.1 Enterocytozoon bieneusi (Enterocytozoonosis)
3.21.2 Septata intestinalis
3.22 Encephalitozoon cuniculi (Encephalitozoonosis)
3.23 Encephalitozoon intestinalis (Encephalitozoonosis)
3.24 Nosema connori (syn. conneri) (Nosematosis)
Further Reading
4: Worms of Humans
4.1 What Are Worms?
4.2 Trematodes (Flukes)
4.2.1 Schistosoma haematobium, Bladder Fluke (Bladder bilharziasis)
4.2.2 Schistosoma mansoni and Other Species (Intestinal Bilharziasis, i.e. Intestinal Schistosomiasis)
4.2.3 Clonorchis and Opisthorchis Species, Chinese River Fluke (Clonorchiasis, Opisthorchiasis)
4.2.3.1 Opisthorchis viverrini (Opisthorchiasis)
4.2.3.2 Opisthorchis felineus
4.2.4 Paragonimus Species (Paragonimiasis)
4.2.5 Fasciolopsis buski (Fasciolopsiasis)
4.2.6 Fasciola hepatica (Fascioliasis)
4.2.7 Dicrocoelium dendriticum (syn. lanceolatum) (Dicrocoeliasis)
4.2.8 Heterophyes Species (Heterophyiasis)
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
1: The Phenomenon Parasitism
1.1 Host Specificity
1.2 Ontogenetic Development of Parasites
1.3 Follow-Up of Different Generations
1.4 Speed of Development
1.5 Adaptations
1.6 Pathogenicity
1.7 Diseases
1.8 Parasite Diagnosis
Further Reading
2: Parasites That Are Important Especially for Humans Endangering Their Health and Life
2.1 Groups of Parasites
2.2 Organs of Humans and Their Typical (Common) Parasites
3: Protozoans Attacking Humans
3.1 History and Relations
3.2 Trichomonas vaginalis (Trichomoniasis)
3.3 Flagellata of the Intestine
3.3.1 Trichomonas tenax
3.3.2 Entamoeba gingivalis
3.4 Giardia lamblia (syn. G. duodenalis, G. intestinalis)
3.5 Trypanosoma brucei Group (African Trypanosomiasis)
3.6 South American Trypanosomes
3.6.1 Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas ́Disease)
3.6.2 Trypanosoma rangeli
3.7 Leishmania Species (Agents of the Skin, Mucosa and American Leishmaniasis)
3.8 Leishmania donovani Complex (Visceral Leishmaniasis)
3.9 Entamoeba histolytica (Entamoebiasis, Amoebiasis and Bloody Flu)
3.10 Facultatively Pathogenic Amoebae
3.10.1 Species of the Genera Acanthamoeba, Naegleria and Balamuthia
3.10.2 Dientamoeba fragilis
3.10.3 Apathogenic Amoebae or with a Low-Grade Pathogenicity
3.11 Isospora belli (Cystoisospora belli)
3.12 Cyclospora cayetanensis (Cyclosporiasis)
3.13 Cryptosporidium Species (Cryptosporidiosis)
3.14 Sarcosporidia
3.14.1 Sarcocystis Species Inside the Human Intestine (S. suihominis, S. bovihominis)
3.14.2 Sarcocystis Species in Human Muscles
3.15 Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)
3.16 Plasmodium Species (Malaria)
3.17 Babesia Species (Babesiasis, Babesiosis)
3.18 Balantidium coli (Balantidiasis)
3.19 Pneumocystis jiroveci (Pneumocystosis)
3.20 Blastocystis Species (Blastocystosis)
3.21 Microsporidia
3.21.1 Enterocytozoon bieneusi (Enterocytozoonosis)
3.21.2 Septata intestinalis
3.22 Encephalitozoon cuniculi (Encephalitozoonosis)
3.23 Encephalitozoon intestinalis (Encephalitozoonosis)
3.24 Nosema connori (syn. conneri) (Nosematosis)
Further Reading
4: Worms of Humans
4.1 What Are Worms?
4.2 Trematodes (Flukes)
4.2.1 Schistosoma haematobium, Bladder Fluke (Bladder bilharziasis)
4.2.2 Schistosoma mansoni and Other Species (Intestinal Bilharziasis, i.e. Intestinal Schistosomiasis)
4.2.3 Clonorchis and Opisthorchis Species, Chinese River Fluke (Clonorchiasis, Opisthorchiasis)
4.2.3.1 Opisthorchis viverrini (Opisthorchiasis)
4.2.3.2 Opisthorchis felineus
4.2.4 Paragonimus Species (Paragonimiasis)
4.2.5 Fasciolopsis buski (Fasciolopsiasis)
4.2.6 Fasciola hepatica (Fascioliasis)
4.2.7 Dicrocoelium dendriticum (syn. lanceolatum) (Dicrocoeliasis)
4.2.8 Heterophyes Species (Heterophyiasis)