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,Medical Parasitologym
A SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL TEXT
m m
S I X T H E D I T I O N
Ruth Leventhal, PhD, MBA, MT (ASCP)
m m m m m
ProvostmandmDeanmEmerita m
ProfessormofmBiologymEmeritus
mPenn-
StatemHarrisburgmMiddletow
n,mPennsylvania
Russell F. Cheadle, MS, MT (ASCP)
m m m m m
ProgrammDirectormandmProfessorm
MedicalmLaboratorymTechnologymM
acombmCommunitymCollegemMac
omb,mMichigan
Illustrations mby mElliotmHoffman
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1915mArchm Street
Philadelphia, mP A m1910
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,Medical Parasitologym
A SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL TEXT
m m
S I X T H E D I T I O N
Ruth Leventhal, PhD, MBA, MT (ASCP)
m m m m m
ProvostmandmDeanmEmerita m
ProfessormofmBiologymEmeritus
mPenn-
StatemHarrisburgmMiddletow
n,mPennsylvania
Russell F. Cheadle, MS, MT (ASCP)
m m m m m
ProgrammDirectormandmProfessorm
MedicalmLaboratorymTechnologymM
acombmCommunitymCollegemMac
omb,mMichigan
Illustrations mby mElliotmHoffman
, F.mA.mDavis mCompany m
1915mArchm Street
Philadelphia, mP A m1910
3mwww.fadavis.com
Copyrightm©m 2012m bym F .m A. mDavis m Company
Copyrightm © m 2012 m by mF .m A. mD avis m Company. mA llm rights m reserved. m This m product m is mprotectedm by
m copy-
mright. mN om part mofm itm may m be mreproduced,m storedm inm a mretrieval msystem,m or m trans mittedm in m any mfo
rmm or m bym any m means, m electronic, m mechanical, m photocopying, mrecording,m or m otherwis e,m withoutm
writtenm per- m miss ion mfrom m the m publis her.
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Senior mAcquisitions mEditor:mChristamFratantorom
DevelopmentalmEditor:mKeithmDonnellanmMana
germofmContentmDevelopment:mGeorgemLangmArt
mandmDesignmManager:mCarolynmO’Brien
Asm new ms cientific m information m becomes m available m through mbas ic mandm clinical mres earch, mrecomme
ndedm treatments m and mdrug mtherapies m undergo m changes. m The m author(s )m and m publis her mhavem done m e
verythingm possiblem tom make mthis m bookm accurate,m upm tom date,m and m in m accord m with m accepted ms tanda
rds m at m the m time m of m publication. m The m author(s),m editors ,m and m publis her m are mnotm responsiblem form er
rors m or m omissions m or m form cons equences mfrom m applicationm of m the mbook,m and m makem nom w arranty, m e
xpress ed m or mimplied, m in mre-
mgard mtom the m contents m of mthem book.m A ny mpractice mdes cribed m in mthis m bookms hould mbe mapplied mby mt
he mreader min maccordance mw ith mprofess ional ms tandards mofm care m us ed m in mregardm tom the m unique m circu
ms tances m that m may m apply m in m each ms ituation.m The mreaderm is m advis ed m alw ays m tom check mproduct m inf
ormationm (package mins erts )m form changes m andm new m information m regardingm dos em and m contraindicati
ons m beforem adminis ter-
mingmany m drug.m Caution mis m es pecially murged mw hen musing m new m or minfrequently mordered mdrugs .
ISBN:m m 978-0-8036-2543-3
Authorization m to m photocopym items mfor m internal m or mpersonal m us e, morm them internalm or m pers onalm us e m
of mspecific mclients ,mis mgranted mby mF . mA. mD avis mCompany mfor mus ers mregistered mwith mthe mCopyright m
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