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A color atlas of parasitology

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I think this book makes a great companion to any parasitology text. It covers the "major" parasites and some vectors in example photos of perfect clarity. If you must identify such specimens in the laboratory, this is a great refrence book. Most examples you could come across will not be this clear, so the atlas will help you note the major differences between parasites, making identification easier. There is little or no "background noise" like there are on most slides available today so that you can focus on the parasite itself.

I recently acquired a copy of this book, and found it quite good, the photographs present throughout the book, were well done and good for a atlas to have near the microscope as more than representation of the parasite appears, a failing found in some of the more established atalses. The fact that all of the photos are photos and ther are a number of them makes the book usefull in the lab environment. The accompany burst with each photo is concise and free of extraneous detail. However there are two critisms, the book would fae better if printed on a water resistant paper and a stronger back and front cover which a fixed by adding by own stronger front and back cover. this relates to the spiral bound edition.

This review is of the newest edition.
The new edition is on good papaer is spiral bound and has a good cover the CD adds volumes to the Book. The author has improved on the book. This is a book that would benefit by being in any parasitologists. Library

This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it to anyone taking a medical parasitology course, especially one with a laboratory component. The quality and scope of the images are outstanding, and everything we have covered in my parasitology class has been included in the book. It is a wise investment for anyone with a need to identify laboratory specimens of human parasites.

For anyone in need of a reliable parasitology guide, Sullivan's atlas is a wonderful addition to any medical library. The detailed frames of several medically important parasites provide examples of developemental stages, organismic features, and complete life cycles. The atlas also offers excellent distinctions between larval stages, and beautiful color imagery.

This book which also includes a CD is printed on high quality paper. The images are crisp, and there is more than one picture of the parasites in question. This makes this atlas better value for money than many other larger and much more expensive tomes. The dersction by each set of pictures is concise and it as the title says is an atlas. You may want to go to the more expensive books if you want more of a textbook. The quizzes and test and teach sections on the CD are good, as is the flashcards section on the disk. To summerise, a good text, and CD well worth the purchase price and usuable as a bench atlas in the clinical laboratory, and as a learning resource.

Super fast delivery, amazing pictures and great and simple explainations of life-cycles! got an A on my first lab exam! reccomended to others in the class.

The resolution is not good in these pictures.The color is not very good in these pictures.Some of pictuers are drawed not to photograph.