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intraperitoneal, 209 collection and preparation of fecal leishmaniasis, 80–83
intrapleural, 209 specimens, 257 diffuse cutaneous, 82
Iodamoeba butschlii concentration technique, formalin and disease transmission, 82
disease transmission, 64 acetate method, 262–265 history/overview of, 80–81
laboratory diagnosis, 64 duodenal aspirates, 282 laboratory diagnosis, 82–83
life cycle, 64 evaluating stool samples, 257 life cycle, 82
morphology, 64 filariasis detection, 276–279 morphology, 81
overview of, 64 identification procedures for other new world cutaneous (Leishmania
symptoms, 64 blood parasites, 276–279 Mexicana complex), 83
treatment and prevention, 64 immunological tests, 283 old world cutaneous, 80–83
iron supplements, 145 miscellaneous methodology for symptoms, 81–82
Isospora belli, 68, 70–72 recovering specific parasites, treatment and prevention, 83
disease transmission, 70–72 281–283 leukopenia, 242
laboratory diagnosis, 70 quality assurance, 283 Lewis, Timothy, 101
life cycle, 70, 71 quality control, 281 lice, 3, 6, 224
morphology, 70 Scotch tape test, 281–282 types of, 8–9
overview of, 70 sigmoidoscopic procedures, Linnaean taxonomy, 12
symptoms, 70 282–283 Linnaeus, Carl, 12, 139
treatment and prevention, 72 specimen collection, 256–258 Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 100
itch mites, 217 sputum, 282 liver abscesses, 22
ITFDE (International Task Force for thick and thin slides for identifying liver flukes, 128. See also Clonorchis
Disease Eradication), 98 blood parasites, 273–276 sinensis; Fasciola hepatica
Ixodes dammini, 221, 235 trichrome staining procedure, diseases, 183
Ixodes pacificus, 230, 231, 242, 249 270–272 loa loa, 112
Ixodes scapularis, 79, 249, 250 urethral specimens, 283 loamy soil, 147
Babesia microti and, 237 urine specimens, 283 London School of Hygiene & Tropical
disease transmission by, 229–231 vaginal specimens, 283 Medicine, 12
ehrlichiosis and, 242 wet mount, 257, 259–261 lone star tick, 230, 242, 246, 250. See also
identification of, 247 zinc sulfate centrifugal flotation Amblyomma americanum
procedure, 266–269 louse, infestations of, 8
J Lainsonand, Ralph, 81 Low, George Carmichael, 101
laxatives, 25 Lugol’s iodine, 51
jiggers, 222, 225
leeches, 225 Lumbricus teres, 139
Journal of Infectious Diseases, The, 8
Leeuwenhoek, Antonie Philips van, lung flukes, 128. See also Paragonimus
K 12, 48 westermani
Leiper, R. T., 194 diseases, 183
kala-azar, 80
Leishman, William, 81 Lutzomyia, 81
karyosome, 28, 42 Leishmania aethiopica, 81 Lyme disease
Katayama disease, 194
Leishmania braziliensis, 81 bull’s eye rash of, 234
Katsurada, Fujiro, 194 Leishmania chagasi, 80 causative organism for, 243
ketoconazole, 83
Leishmania donovani, 80–81 cause of, 221
kinetoplast, 28 Leishmania infantum, 80 overview of, 233–234
kleptoparasitism, 3
Leishmania major, 81 symptoms of, 234–235
Kobayashi, Harujiro, 187 Leishmania mexicana complex, 80, 83 ticks and, 2, 79, 219, 225, 229
Koch, Robert, 12
Leishmania sp., 80–83. See also “Lyme-like disease,” 244
Krotoski, Wojciech, 87 leishmaniasis lymphadenopathy, 130
L discovery of, 81 lymphocyte, 241
identification procedures for,
laboratory procedures, 253–286 276–279 M
calculating size of organism, 284 life cycle, 82
calibration of microscopes using transmission by vector, 81 macrophages, 80, 244
ocular mircrometer, 283–284 Leishmania tropica, 81 Mad cow disease, 5