Paniker's Textbook of Medical Parasitology (8^th Ed.)
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The new edition of this textbook is a complete guide to parasitology for undergraduate medical students.

Divided into 23 chapters, each topic has been thoroughly updated and expanded to cover the most recent advances and latest knowledge in the field.

The book begins with an overview of parasitology, then discusses numerous different types of parasite, concluding with a chapter on diagnosis methods.

Many chapters have been rewritten and the eighth edition of the book features many new tables, flow charts and photographs.

Each chapter concludes with a ‘key points’ box to assist with revision.

Key points

• Eighth edition providing undergraduates with a complete guide to parasitology
• Fully revised text with many new topics, tables and photographs
• Each chapter concludes with ‘key points’ box to assist revision
• Previous edition (9789350905340) published in 2013

1. General Introduction: Parasitology
2. Protozoa
3. Amebae
4. Intestinal, Oral and Genital Flagellates
5. Hemoflagellates
6. Malaria and Babesia
7. Coccidia
8. Microspora
9. Balantidium coli
10. Helminths: General Features
11. Cestodes: Tapeworms
12. Trematodes: Flukes
13. Nematodes: General Features
14. Trichinella spiralis
15. Trichuris trichiura
16. Strongyloides stercoralis
17. Hookworm
18. Enterobius vermicularis
19. Ascaris lumbricoides
20. Filarial Worms
21. Dracunculus medinensis
22. Miscellaneous Nematodes
23. Diagnostic Methods in Parasitology

Sougata Ghosh MD DCH
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India