Parasitology is the study of parasites and as such that does not include bacterial, fungal or viral parasites. Human parasites are separated into intestinal and blood borne parasites. For a parasite to be defined as intestinal it must have an intestinal life cycle stage, though it may have life-cycle stages in the heart, blood vessels, and lungs in the humans, other animals or the environment.When an animal lives on another organism from which it receives food and shelter without any compensation to it, and then this association is called parasitism. The animal, which enjoys advantages, is...

Currently, the detection and diagnosis of parasite infections rely on several laboratory methods in addition to clinical symptoms, clinical history, travel history and geographic location of patient. This book also describes effective methods and equipment for collecting, identifying, rearing, examining, and preserving medical important insects and mites and for storing and caring for specimens in collection. It also provides instructions for the construction of many kinds of collecting equipment, traps, rearing cages, and storage units, as well as updated and illustrated keys for...