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Opisthorchis felineus, 189–190, 197 pathogenicity of, 3–4 pigs, 165
disease transmission, 190 preserving, 31 pinworms, 22
laboratory diagnosis, 190 preventing infection or infestation by, life cycle, 132
life cycle, 190 255–256 overview of, 136–137
morphology, 189–190 routine testing for, 21–22 “plague,” 222
overview of, 189 specimen collection, 256–258 Plasmodium carinii, 26
symptoms, 190 spread of ectoparasite, 8–9 Plasmodium falciparum, 23, 116
treatment and prevention, 190 spread of intestinal helminths and laboratory diagnosis, 87
opportunistic, 3 protozoa, 9–10 morphology, 85
oriental sore, 80 stages in life cycle, 5–6 treatment and prevention, 87
osteitis deformans, 200 tissue-invasive, 199–212 Plasmodium jirovicii, 26
ovum, 150 transfer of, 8–10 Plasmodium malariae, 23
Owen, Richard, 200 treatment for, 29–30, 31 laboratory diagnosis, 87
parasitic infections morphology, 85
P accidental host, 5 Plasmodium ovale, 23
avoiding risk of, 30–31 laboratory diagnosis, 87
Page, Walter Hines, 123 diagnosis of, 6–7, 25 morphology, 85
Paget, James, 200, 211 earliest evidence of, 10–12 Plasmodium relictum, 87
Paget’s disease, 200 eosinophilia, 19–20 Plasmodium sp., life cycle, 280
paleoparasitology, 11, 193 hosts required in, 4–5 Plasmodium vivax, 5, 23
Pallas, Pierre Simon, 204 immunity and prevention of, 254–256 laboratory diagnosis, 87
pallor, 146 medical conditions created by, 22 morphology, 85
palpitations, 146 patterns of parasitic outbreaks, 16 treatment and prevention, 87
Pan-American Sanitary Congress, 123 reservoir host, 5 Plater, Felix, 165
paragonimiasis, 183 routes of, 24–25 plerocercoid larva, 170
Paragonimus westermani, 128, 183, signs and symptoms of, 18 Pneumocystis jirovicii, 26
190–193, 197 transmissions of, 5–6 polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), 31
disease transmission, 192 parasitism, 2 pond flukes, 128
laboratory diagnosis, 192–193 parasitology, 2 pork tapeworm, 125, 133, 168–172.
life cycle, 191–192 parasitosis, 21, 22, 30 See also Taenia solium
morphology, 191 amoebal organisms in intestinal, 57–63 portal hypertension, 130, 133
overview of, 190 Blastocystis hominis, 58–59 precystic form, 28
symptoms, 191 Endolimax nana, 60–61 prions, 5
treatment and prevention, 193 Entamoeba dispar, 61–63 procercoid stage, 170
parasites, 2 Entamoeba hartmanni, 59–60 proglottids, 127, 165, 168
blood antibody tests, 31 parthenogenetic, 215 progressive pernicious anemia, 123, 133
categories of, 22–24 Pasteur, Louis, 12 promastigotes stage, 82
characteristics of, 3 pathogenic, 3 prophylactic treatment, 221
classification of, 12–13, 256 pediculosis, 214 protein deficiency, 147
commensual relationships of, 3 Pediculus humanus, 214–216, 224 protista, 36
contraction of, 21–22 Pediculus humanus capitis, 215, 225 protoscolices, 207
direct testing for, 25–27 Pediculus humanus corporis, 215, 225 protozoa, 3
ectoparasites, 3, 213–226 pemphigus, 20 amoebae, 51–67
history of, 7–8 perianal area, 127 blood and tissue, 77–118
identification of, 4, 27–29, 31 periodontitis, 67 bloodborne, 23–24
impact on human health by, 7–8 periportal fibrosis, 130, 133 as category of parasite, 22–23
indirect testing for, 27 peristalsis, 31 ciliates, 37–40
intestinal, 7, 20, 36 peritoneal infections, 191 classification of, 36–37
laboratory procedures for identifying, permethrin, 233 coccidia, 67–72
254–286 Phlebotomus, 81 definition of, 23
likelihood of recovering ova and, 29 phylogenetically, 3 flagellates, 40–50
meaning of word, 2–3 pica, 22, 145 microsporidia, 72–73