Clinicai Parasitology, 9th Editon, Beaver, P.C., Jung, R C., Cupp, E. W. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1984

Abstract

The N orth A m ericans have always been strong in parasitology; ever since they gave a high priority for funding to research in the biological sciences. Also --parasites are often good models for basic research in biochemistry and immunology. This has resulted in a number of excellent textbooks in medicai parasitology from the United States and a leader in this field has been Craig and F au st's Clinicai Parasitology. This volume is the ninth edition of this textbook and it has been totally revised.Today many professions other than medicai practitioners consult such books and find value in them so that a review such as this is somewhat a m atter of personal preference. The reviewer will certainly use this book in the future as a source reference since the references cited are carefully assembled and accurate. Before he was inclined to D avid Belding's Clinicai Parasitology (1965 Appleton Century Crofts) for the same reason. Fortunate indeed is the colleague who has access to both these books. They provide key references to the achievements of workers in understanding protozoa and helminths in the last half Century. The book is bound to resist hard use and the illustrations are carefully chosen and clear. As the section on Coccidia illustrates the book is well up to date. Although it would m ean changing the traditional title this is really a book on M edicai Parasitology. As in previous editions the clinicai sections received a much more elementary treatm ent than the strict parasitological aspects. However it is invidious to carp because the authors have given us such a valuable reference book. A nother pleasant aspect is that it is a perm anent record of the remarkable dedicated career of the senior author who has also been such an effective editor of the A merican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Bacillus thuringiensis Cry5B protein as a new pan-hookworm cure

“…Fecal egg counts were performed on day 41 p. i. using the Stoll method ( Marsden, 1984 ) with the following modifications: 1) 4.00 g of feces were weighed out and added to the Stoll flask, which was then filled to the 60 mL mark with 0.1 N NaOH; 2) two aliquots were counted to arrive at an average egg count for each sample; and 3) corrections were made for fecal consistency by weighing a sample of the feces before and after overnight incubation at 105 °C, thus resulting in a final egg count based on dry fecal weight. On day 42 p. i. dogs were given 1.5 mg/kg famotidine PO and sedated with 375 μg/m² dexmedetomidine IM 30 min prior to gavage delivery of a 40 mg/kg Cry5B suspension.…”