This book is a complete guide to medical parasitology for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The new edition has been fully revised to provide the latest updates and advances in the field, highlighting epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of numerous parasitic diseases.

Presented in bullet format, the text is divided into four main sections, each further sub-divided to cover different parasites.

The second edition covers recent advances in laboratory diagnosis, treatment guidelines, vaccine prophylaxis, epidemiology of infectious diseases, and hospital infection control.

Each chapter features questions on the topic to assist revision, as well as clinical images, schematic diagrams, tables and flowcharts.

Key points

• Complete guide to medical parasitology for students
• Fully revised, new edition covering latest advances in the field
• Includes questions on each topic to assist revision
• Previous edition (9789351523291) published in 2014

About the Author

Apurba S Sastry MD DNB MNAMS PDCR
Hospital Infection Control Officer, Officer in-charge HICC, Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India

Sandhya Bhat MD DNB MNAMS PDCR
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India

Book Information
ISBN 9789352704804
Author Apurba S Sastry
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
Publisher Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
Weight(grams) 615g