"This title in Lucent's Diseases and Disorders series focuses on parasitic diseases. It details what parasitic diseases are, as well as the various types (Protozoan, Helminth, Ectoparasites). The title discuss the causes and symptoms of each type of parasitic disease as well as prevention. It also explores research being done in a global effort to control or eradicate these diseases"-- Provided by publisher.

Unwelcome guests -- What are parasites? -- Protozoans -- Malaria -- Helminths -- Ectoparasites -- Parasitic diseases today and in the future.