Front Cover; Advances in Parasitology, Volume 28; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 28; Preface; Chapter 1. Intestinal and Extraintestinal Life Cycles of Eimeriid Coccidia; I. Introduction; ll. Isospora; lll. Caryospora; IV. Eimeria; V. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. The Prevalence and Source of Toxoplasma Infection in the Environment; I. Brief History; ll. Life Cycle; lll. Host-Parasite Interactions; IV. Diagnosis; V. Infection; References; Chapter 3. Trichuris and Trichuriasis in Humans; I. Introduction; ll. Biology; lll. Geographical Distribution; IV. Medical Aspects
V. Population BiologyVI. Control; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4. Evolutionary Biology of the Oxyurida (Nematoda): Biofacies of a Haplodiploid Taxon; I. Introduction; ll. Taxonomic History and Higher Classification of the Oxyurida; lll. Haplodiploid Reproduction; IV. Biology of the Oxyurida; V. Conclusion-the Haplodiploid Biofacies; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5. Recent Studies of the Biology of Trypanosoma vivax; I. Introduction; ll. The Organism and its Life Cycle; lll. Distribution and Transmission; IV. Cultivation; V. Host Susceptibility and Restriction
VI. Antigenic VariationVII. Immunity to T. vivax Infection; VIII. Pathology; IX. Chemotherapy; X. Biochemical Studies; XI. Diagnosis and Parasite Characterization; XII. Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Index
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This excellent series continues with a volume whose papers on protozoological parasites redress the helminth bias of some recent volumes. Papers on both homoxenous and heteroxenous coccidia shed new light on these groups.