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" Diagnostic medical parasitology / "
Lynne Shore Garcia
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BL
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644921
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| Main Entry
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Garcia, Lynne Shore
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Diagnostic medical parasitology /\ Lynne Shore Garcia
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| Edition Statement
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5th ed
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: ASM Press,, c2007
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xx, 1202 p. :: ill. (some col.) ;; 29 cm
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| ISBN
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1555813801
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: 9781555813802
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Philosophy and approach to diagnostic parasitology -- Intestinal protozoa: amebae -- Intestinal protozoa: flagellates and ciliates -- Intestinal protozoa (coccidia and microsporidia) and algae -- Free-living amebae -- Protozoa from other body sites -- Malaria and babesiosis -- Leishmaniasis -- Trypanosomiasis -- Intestinal nematodes -- Tissue nematodes -- Filarial nematodes -- Intestinal cestodes -- Tissue cestodes: larval forms -- Intestinal trematodes -- Liver and lung trematodes -- Blood trematodes: schistosomes -- Unusual parasitic infections -- Parasitic infections in the compromised host -- Nosocomial and laboratory-acquired infections -- Immunology of parasitic infections -- Antibody and antigen detection in parasitic infections -- Histologic identification of parasites -- Medically important arthropods -- Treatment of parasitic infections -- Collection, preservation, and shipment of fecal specimens -- Macroscopic and microscopic examination of fecal specimens -- Additional techniques for stool examination -- Examination of other specimens from the intestinal tract and the urogenital system -- Sputum, aspirates, and biopsy material -- Procedures for detecting blood parasites -- Parasite recovery: culture methods, animal inoculation, and xenodiagnosis -- Fixation and special preparation of fecal parasite specimens and arthropods -- Artifacts that can be confused with parasitic organisms -- Equipment, supplies, safety, and quality system recommendations for a diagnostic parasitology laboratory: factors influencing future laboratory practice -- Medical parasitology: case histories
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Diagnostic parasitology
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616.9/6075
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QR255.G37 2007
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QR255.G37 2007
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2007 B-886
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WC 695G216da 2007
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