This major reference, now in its fifth edition, updates and advances the field of diagnostic medical parasitology and reports on the dramatic changes that have occurred in this field. It includes newly recognized parasites, updated information on immunology and pathogenesis, greatly expanded tables and photographs, a new section on medical case histories, among other exciting additions and updates. offers a brand-new section containing medical case histories features a greatly expanded section covering histological diagnosis presents many new figures and summary tables provides in one volume both comprehensive information about human parasitology and relevant diagnostic methods includes a review of over 3,000 papers published since the release of the previous edition.