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Author:
Janet Moore
By Cambridge University Press
 Invertebrates, 2009-01-06
It's a decent science book, what more can you say... I'm an undergrad doing an Bsc in Marine Biology and this book has been a huge help despite not being on any of my reading lists. It's a good alternative to "Invertebrates" by Brusca & Brucsa and is really up to date with research and easy to use.
I would recommend this book to anyone doing related degree work, but it's not much good for general knowledge or any GCSE or A levels.
Author:
Gerald D. Schmidt, Larry S. Roberts, John Janovy Jr
By McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions)
 Excellent introduction to parasitology, 2006-10-07
I am a Biochemist looking to pursue a career in parasitology research, so I bought this book as an introduction. Having read through about 15 chapters far, I have to say I think it is excellent. The book has a few introductory chapters on symbiosis and parasite ecology explaining the basic terms, and then moves onto basic immunology, and examples of evolutionary adaptations to infection by the host, and to the immune response by the parasite. Chapter 4 explains taxonomy of protazoan parasites very clearly, which is really important for understanding the later chapters.
Then the chapters of the book move on to describe different parasites by Phylum or Class, starting with the Kinetoplasta class which includes trypanosomes and leishmanias. Each species is described in terms of general background, morphology and life history, pathogenesis, immunology, diagnosis and treatment and epidemiology and control.
This not only is an excellent resource for researchers in parasitology, but also I suspect medical doctors would find it useful in diagnosis, and perhaps epidemiologists involved in public health policy too.
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