本教材为“医学教育改革系列教材”（英文版）之一。本书共4篇16章，包括总论、医学原虫、医学蠕虫、医学节肢动物和附录部分等。教材依据高等医药院校5年制、8年制及7年制（“5+3”一体化）和国际留学生培养计划，重点阐述了国内外常见的严重危害人类健康的寄生虫和重要病媒节肢动物，对国外具有潜在危害的少数罕见寄生虫也作了介绍，涉及人体寄生虫病与媒节肢动物80余种，比较系统地介绍了寄生虫病常用实验诊断技术。 本书以国际医学教育标准为参照，适合于高等医学院校5年制、8年制及7年制（“5+3”一体化）双语教学和国际留学生使用，供临床、基础、预防、口腔、护理、法医、检验、药学等专业使用。

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Part 1 General Introduction
  Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Parasitism，Parasites and Hosts
   1.1 Parasitism
   1.2 Parasites and Parasite Classifications
   1.3 Hosts and Host Classifications
   1.4 Adaptation to Parasitism
  Chapter 2 Parasite Biology
   2.1 Parasite Life Cycle and Its Types
   2.2 Uptake of Nutrition by the Parasite and Parasite Metabolism
   2.3 Parasite Taxology
  Chapter 3 Parasitehost Interactions
   3.1 Effects of Parasite on Host
   3.2 Effects of Host on Parasite
   3.3 Consequences of Parasitehost Interactions
  Chapter 4 Host Immunity to Parasitic Infections
   4.1 Innate Immunity
   4.2 Adaptive Immunity
   4.3 Parasite Antigens
   4.4 Host Immune Responses
   4.5 Immune Evasion by Parasites
   4.6 Immunopathology of Parasitic Infections
  Chapter 5 Characteristics of Parasitic Diseases and the Hazards of Parasites
   5.1 Parasitic Infections and Carriers
   5.2 Chronic and Latent Infections
   5.3 Polyparasitism
   5.4 Larva Migrans and Ectopic Parasitism
   5.5 Influence of Parasites on Human Health and the Development of Social Economies
  Chapter 6 Prevalence and Control of Parasitic Diseases
   6.1 Current Situation of Parasitic Disease Prevalence
   6.2 Underlying Factors of Parasitic Disease Prevalence
   6.3 Factors that Influence Parasitic Disease Prevalence
   6.4 Characteristics of Parasitic Disease Prevalence
   6.5 Principles of Parasitic Disease Control
Part 2 Medical Protozoology
  Chapter 7 Lobosea
   7.1 Entamoeba histolytica
   7.2 Nonpathogenic Amoebae
   7.3 Pathogenic Freeliving Amoebae
  Chapter 8 Flagellates
   8.1 Leishmania donovani
   8.2 Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
   8.3 Trypanosoma cruzi
   8.4 Trichomonas vaginalis
   8.5 Trichomonas hominis
   8.6 Trichomonas tenax
   8.7 Dientamoeba fragilis
   8.8 Giardia lamblia
  Chapter 9 Sporozoa
   9.1 Malarial Parasites
   9.2 Toxoplasma gondii
   9.3 Cryptosporidium parvum
   9.4 Sarcocystis spp.
   9.5 Isospora belli
   9.6 Microsporidia
   9.7 Blastocystis hominis
  Chapter 10 Ciliates
   10.1 Morphology
   10.2 Life Cyle
   10.3 Pathogenesis
   10.4 Laboratory Diagnosis
   10.5 Epidemiology and Control
Part 3 Medical Helminthology
  Chapter 11 Trematoda
   11.1 Clonorchis sinensis
   11.2 Fasciolopsis buski
   11.3 Fasciolosis hepatica
   11.4 Fasciola gigantica
   11.5 Paragonimus westermani
   11.6 Pagumogonimus skrjabini
   11.7 Opisthorchis viverrini
   11.8 Schistosoma spp.
   11.9 Heterophyid Trematodes
   11.10 Echinostoma
  Chapter 12 Cestodes
   12.1 Taenia solium
   12.2 Taenia saginata
   12.3 Echinococcus granulosus
   12.4 Echinococcus multilocularis
   12.5 Hymenolepis nana
   12.6 Hymenolepis diminuta
   12.7 Spirometra mansoni
   12.8 Diphyllobothrium latum
   12.9 Dipylidium caninum
   12.10 Raillietina celebensis
   12.11 Bertiella studeri
   12.12 Taenia asiatica
  Chapter 13 Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus
   13.1 Morphology and Life Cycle
   13.2 Pathogenesis and Laboratory Diagnosis
   13.3 Epidemiology and Control
  Chapter 14 Nematodes
   14.1 Ascaris lumbricoides
   14.2 Trichuris trichiura
   14.3 Enterobius vermicularis
   14.4 Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus
   14.5 Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi
   14.6 Onchocerca volvulus and Loa loa
   14.7 Trichinella spiralis
   14.8 Strongyloides stercoralis
   14.9 Angiostrongylus cantonensis
   14.10 Trichostrongylus
   14.11 Gongylonema pulchrum
   14.12 Thelazia callipaeda
   14.13 Gnathostoma spinigerum
   14.14 Dracunculus medinensis
Part 4 Medical Arthropods
  Chapter 15 Arachnida
   15.1 Ticks
   15.2 Chigger Mites
   15.3 Scab Mites
   15.4 Demodex Mites
   15.5 Gamasid Mites
   15.6 Dust Mites
  Chapter 16 Insecta
   16.1 Mosquitoes
   16.2 Flies
   16.3 Sandflies
   16.4 Biting Midges
   16.5 Blackflies
   16.6 Tabanid Flies
   16.7 Fleas
   16.8 Lice
   16.9 Bed Bugs
   16.10 Cockroaches
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