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Preface XI

1 General Aspects of Parasite Biology 1
Richard Lucius and Robert Poulin

1.1 Introduction to Parasitology and Its Terminology 2

1.2 What Is Unique About Parasites? 18

1.3 The Impact of Parasites on Host Individuals and Host Populations 30

1.4 Parasite–Host Coevolution 38

1.5 Influence of Parasites on Mate Choice 51

1.6 Immunobiology of Parasites 58

1.7 How Parasites Alter Their Hosts 77

2 Biology of Parasitic Protozoa 95
Richard Lucius and Craig W. Roberts

2.1 Introduction 97

2.2 Metamonada 99

2.3 Parabasala 102

2.4 Amoebozoa 107

2.5 Euglenozoa 117

2.6 Alveolata 153

3 Parasitic Worms 225
Brigitte Loos-Frank and Richard K. Grencis

3.1 Platyhelminths 228

3.2 Acanthocephala 288

Further Reading 293

3.3 Nematoda 294

4 Arthropods 337
Brigitte Loos-Frank and Richard P. Lane

4.1 Introduction 338

4.2 Acari – Mites and Ticks 344

4.3 Crustacea 366

4.4 Insecta 370

Answers to Test Questions 423

Chapter 1 423

Chapter 2 426

Chapter 3 429

Chapter 4 431

Index 435