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Index

A amobea annelids, 224
Blastocystis hominis, 58–59 Anopheles mosquito
Abildgaard, Peter Christian, 166 Endolimax nana, 60–61 babesiosis and, 237
Acarida, 219 Entamoeba coli, 55–57 malaria, 24, 85–87
Acarina, 216 Entamoeba dispar, 61–63 spread of intestinal helminths and
accidental hosts, 5, 162 Entamoeba gingivalis, 66–67 protozoa, 9
acellular, 208 Entamoeba hartmanni, 59–60 Wuchereria bancrofti and, 105, 107
acetabula, 169 Entamoeba histolytica, 51–55 Anoplura, 214
acetone, 240 intestinal, 51–64 antigens, 208
acidophilus, 30 Iodamoeba butschlii, 64 antihelminthic drugs, 141, 203
acquired immunity, 255 nonintestinal, 66 antihistamines, 102, 107
Acquired Immunodeficiency other, 57–64 apterygotes, 214
Syndrome. See AIDS (Acquired amoebiasis arachnids, 19
Immunodeficiency Syndrome) Entamoeba histolytica and, 51–54 arboviruses, 219
acute sleeping sickness, 94 treatment and, 66 Argasidae, 219
adult respiratory distress syndrome Amoebic colitis, 51 Aristotle, 164
(ARDS), 238 amoeboid infections, identifying, 63–64 armadillos, 80
Aedes mosquito, 9, 105, 107 amputations, 222 Artemesia annus (par qing), 29
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency anaerobic, 43 arteriolitis, 131
Syndrome), 11 Anaplasma phagocytophila, 241 arthralgia, 79
babesiosis and, 238 Anaplasma phagocytophilum, 241 arthropods, 3
Cryptosporidium parvum and, 69 Ancylostoma braziliense, 121, 132 ascariasis, 139, 140
intestinal parasites and, 36 Ancylostoma caninum, 121, 132, Ascaris lumbricoides, 13, 21, 127,
Isospora belli and, 72 149, 150 139–142, 157–158
microsporidia and, 72 Ancylostoma duodenale, 121–125, disease transmission, 140
spread of intestinal helminths and 132–133, 145–153, 157–158 history of, 139
protozoa, 10 differentiating from Strongyloides laboratory diagnosis, 140
toxoplasmosis and, 89 stercoralis, 153–154 life cycle, 140–141
transmission of parasitic infections disease transmission, 149–150 morphology, 139–140
and, 6 laboratory diagnosis, 150 symptoms, 140
amastigotes stage, 28, 82 life cycle, 147–149 treatment and prevention, 141
Amblyomma americanum, 230, 242–244, morphology, 145 Trichuris trichiura and, 144
246, 250 symptoms, 145–147 ascites, 130, 147
amebiasis. See amoebiasis treatment and prevention, 150–153 Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, 80
American dog tick, 231, 246, 249. Ancylostoma tubaeforme, 121, 132 asplenic, 78
See also Dermacentor variabilis anemia, 122, 145, 166 asthma, 19, 26

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