Covers human medical parasitology and provides comprehensive, relevant diagnostic methods in comprehensive tome. Presents complete information on individual parasites and provides information related to life cycles, morphology, disease presentations in the immunocompetent and compromised patient, diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, and prevention. Offers clear and complete diagnostic procedures for use in the clinical microbiology laboratory, describing traditional and rapid techniques used for parasite detection and identification. Reviews more than 3,000 papers published since the previous edition. Offers a brand-new section containing medical case histories.