TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Parasitology: Introduction
A1  - Levinson, Warren
A1  - Chin-Hong, Peter
A1  - Joyce, Elizabeth A.
A1  - Nussbaum, Jesse
A1  - Schwartz, Brian
Y1  - 2020
N1  - 
T2  - Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology: A Guide to Clinical Infectious Diseases, 16e
AB  - Parasites  occur  in  two  distinct  forms:  single-celled  protozoa  and  multicellular  metazoa  called  helminths  or  worms.  For  medical  purposes,  protozoa  are  classified  according  to  their  most  important  site  of  infection,  namely,  the  intestinal  protozoa  such  as  Giardia,  the  urogenital  protozoa  such  as  Trichomonas,  the  blood  protozoa  such  as  Plasmodium  (the  cause  of  malaria),  and  tissue  protozoa  such  as  Toxoplasma.  This  book  discusses  the  protozoa  according  to  these  categories.  In  some  contexts,  the  protozoa  are  classified  into  four  groups:  Sarcodina  (amebas),  Sporozoa  (sporozoans),  Mastigophora  (flagellates),  and  Ciliata  (ciliates).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171930652
ER  -