Topic Outline

I.  Introductory Comments and Terminology (Chaps. 1 & 3)                    

II.  Survey of Parasitic Groups                                                               

            A.  Phylum Sarcomastigophora (Chap. 4-7)                                                                    

1.  Subphylum Mastigophora (Chap. 4-6)                                   

                        2.  Subphylum Sarcodina (Chap. 7)

            B.  Phylum Apicomplexa (Chaps. 8-9)

            C.  Phylum Myxozoa and Microspora (Chap. 11)                                     

            D.  Phylum Ciliophora (Chap. 10)                                                          

            E.  Phylum Platyhelminthes (Chap. 13)

                        1.  Class Monogenea (Chap. 19)

                        2.  Class Trematoda (Chaps. 15-18)

                        3.  Class Cestoidea (Chaps. 20-21)

            F.  Phylum Nematoda (Chaps. 22-30)

            G.  Phylum Acanthocephala (Chap. 31)

            H.  Phylum Arthropoda (Chap. 33)

                        1.  Crustaceans (Chap. 34)

                        2.  Insects (Chaps. 35-39)

                        3.  Arachnids (Chap. 40)

III.  The Ecology of Host Parasite Systems (Chap. 2)

            A.  Factors Regulating Stability of Host-Parasite Systems

            B.  Parasites, Populations and Diseases