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History of Human Parasitology
F. E. G. Cox Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2002, 15(4):595. DOI: 10.1128/CMR.15.4.595-612.2002.

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Vol. 15, No. 4

History of Human Parasitology
F. E. G. Cox*
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................595 HUMAN EVOLUTION, MIGRATIONS, CIVILIZATION, AND PARASITIC INFECTIONS ........................595 EARLY WRITTEN RECORDS.................................................................................................................................596 DISCOVERY OF THE HELMINTH WORMS.......................................................................................................596 Ascaris and Ascariasis ...........................................................................................................................................596 Hookworms and HookwormDisease....................................................................................................................597 Trichinella and Trichinosis ....................................................................................................................................597 Strongyloides and Strongyloidiasis........................................................................................................................598 Dracunculus and Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) ...............................................................................598 Filarial Worms and Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis)...............................................................................599 Loa and Loiasis (Eye Worm) and Onchocerca and Onchocerciasis (RiverBlindness).................................599 Schistosomes and Schistosomiasis .......................................................................................................................600 Liver and Lung Fluke Diseases ............................................................................................................................601 Cestodiasis (TapewormInfections) ......................................................................................................................601 DISCOVERY OF THE PARASITIC PROTOZOA.................................................................................................603 Amoebae and Amoebiasis......................................................................................................................................603 Giardia and Giardiasis...........................................................................................................................................604 African Trypanosomes and Sleeping Sickness....................................................................................................604 South American Trypanosomiasis: Chagas’ Disease...