Outline of Medical Parasitology

Medical Parasitology

time in development. The third part is a discussion of the metabolic processes involved in growth and differentiation. The vast amount of material covered is very well handled under many subdivisions which make it easy to refer to special topics. Since the text is thoroughly documented the reader will find in the 70 pages of bibliography and 19 pages of index a ready source to the original lite...

MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY (4th Edition)

THIS is an excellent book although unhappily the only coloured plates concern artists' impressions of various Plasmodia; there is available, however, a set of 180 colour illustrations which can be obtained separately, but the reviewer did not have the pleasure of secinz these. It must be added that many of the black-and-white illustrations given in the text are of outstanding quality; several m...

Difficulty of Speciation in Medical Parasitology

As many others parasites, speciation of flukes depends on the genetic characteristics and on ploidia. Ploidia of flukes can be different in a same species. In Asia, diploid, triploid and hybrid (2n/3n) populations are encountered. The comparison of morphological parameters between diploid and triploid flukes showed that they were morphologically different. Nevertheless, a genetic relationship b...

An Outline of Medical Psychology

History of Medical Parasitology and Parasitic Infections in Iran.

Parasites and parasitic diseases have been prevalent in Iran according to Iranian ancient scholars and physicians' inscriptions dating back to 865-1496. Some protozoan diseases such as malaria and cutaneous leishmaniasis have been introduced by clinical manifestations and helminthic infections by size and morphology of the worms. Scientific studies of Parasitology started in Iran from 1833, fir...