Medical and Veterinary Entomology Review

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(More customer reviews)very good book, the pictures drawings and details are very rich!
a must buy for entomology enthusiasts

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Medical and Veterinary Entomology is a comprehensive text and is primarily intended for graduate students and upper level undergraduates studying the medical and veterinary significance of insects and related arthropods. The book will also appeal to a larger audience, specialists and non-specialists alike, including entomologists, parasitologists, biologists, epidemiologists, physicians, public health personnel, veterinarians, wildlife specialists and others looking for a readable, authoritative book on this topic. The first two chapters provide overviews of medical-veterinary entomology and epidemiology, respectively. These are followed by individual chapters devoted to each group of insects or arachnids of medical-veterinary importance and the health problems they can cause including their role as vectors of pathogens. Each of these chapters provides an overview of the taxonomy, biology and ecology of the group, and is followed by separate sections on their medical and veterinary importance, then by a section on prevention and control and, finally, by a list of references and further reading. Key Features* Nationally and internationally renowned contributing authors* Up to date and new information that is easy to locate, with extensive subheadings and highlighted key words throughout text* Includes extensive coverage of arachnids, including scorpions, solpugids, spiders, mites and ticks* Designed for teaching several courses including Medical Entomology, Veterinary Entomology or combined Medical-Veterinary Entomology courses

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Markell and Voge's Medical Parasitology Review

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(More customer reviews)This parasitology textbook is the highlight of my second year in medical school. Most of my classmates do not rely on this book as their study tool, but to me, it is everything that will help me get through my parasitology course. The details regarding pathological symptoms, treatment and diagnostic methods are very clear and easy-to-read. A must for medical students taking parasitology!

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Diagnostic Medical Parasitology Review

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(More customer reviews)I had purchased this textbook for a Medical Parasitology course I took, and I initially had mixed feelings about the book. This review will be from an UNDERGRADUATE student perspective.
Pros:
+Lots of really good information (Life cycle, diagnostic criteria, treatment, etc.)
+Pictures and diagrams are helpful with identification
+Large appendix with everything from staining procedure to a list companies (contact info included) to purchase supplies from
Cons:
-Too much information for a single semester undergraduate course
-Can be a difficult read compared to Elizabeth Zeibig's Clinical Parasitology: A Practical Approach
Summary:
If you are an instructor teaching a single semester parasitology course for undergraduates, I would suggest you pass this book up on your required textbook list. That said, I would also tell your students that if they are pursuing a career in the field of Parasitology or plan on practicing medicine in developing nations that this textbook would be extremely valuable to their efforts in diagnosing and treating parasite infections as there are not only pictures and diagrams of the parasites, but also pictures of people who are infected and what the wounds look like.

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This major reference, now in its fifth edition, updates and advances the field of diagnostic medical parasitology and reports on the dramatic changes that have occurred in this field. It includes newly recognized parasites, updated information on immunology and pathogenesis, greatly expanded tables and photographs, a new section on medical case histories, among other exciting additions and updates. This work: offers a brand-new section containing medical case histories; features a greatly expanded section covering histological diagnosis; presents many new figures and summary tables; provides in one volume both comprehensive information about human parasitology and relevant diagnostic methods; and, includes a review of over 3,000 papers published since the release of the previous edition.

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The Woman with a Worm in Her Head: And Other True Stories of Infectious Disease Review

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(More customer reviews)OK, first my prejudice--I am a resident physician working in the hospital where Dr. Nagami spends most of her professional time in recent years. She volunteers her time to teach me and my colleagues about infectious disease as well as her other specialties, internal medicine and geriatrics. She is brilliant in every way a resident would like an attending to be--knowledgable, insightful, out-going, pleasant, extraordinarily respectful of everyone around her, funny and overflowing with stories of her invaluable experiences.
That said I love her book. It helps that I recognize many of the characters. It helps, too, that I can hear her voice as I read it (partly because she has read excerpts to us on rounds). It is, nonetheless, an inspiring, touching, and, yes, educational work. Oh, and even though physicians who read it will find it educational that does not mean that it is in any way outside comprehension of other readers. I was tempted to skim past some of the short, plain language explanations aimed at the lay reader, but found even those sections to be helpful to the flow of the text. Not condescending, not verbose--just part of the story.
This is a wonderful book I would recommend to anyone. Sure it has particular appeal to those with special interest in health-related issues, it is also a pleasant look at humanism and spirituality.
Thanks, Dr. Nagami.

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