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The third edition of Medical Parasitology has been thoroughly revised. Three chapters on medically important arthropods quality assurance in parasitology and ethics in medical laboratory have been added. Almost all other chapters have been revised. yet have not made the book bulky with additional information. Diagrams are coloured uncomplicated and clear as also the pictures of gross and his to pathological sections. Diagrams of life cycle are computer·drawn with simple line sketches. Diagrammatic representation of relative sizes and morphology of protozoa and helminthic eggs at the end of the book has good visual impact and will help in understanding the importance of micro metry in diagnostic parasitology. Indian data have been given in most of the chapters. The language is lucid and easy to understand. This book shall be highly useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students and medical laboratory technology students. About the Author Dr. D. R. Arora Ex-Professor & Head Department of Micro biology Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Rohtak—124001 (Haryana) India,Lead Assessor Faculty Member and Member Technical Committee National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) New Delhi (India), Principal Assessor National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) New Delhi (India),Reviewing Officer National Registration Board for Personnel and Training (NRBPT) Quality Council of India New Delhi (India), has more than 39 years of teaching experience in microbiology including parasitology to medical dental and nursing undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has supervised a number of PG students of Ph.D. M.D. and M.S. In appreciation of outstanding research carried out by him in India on bacteriocins of Klebsiella pneumoniae he was awarded Smt. Kunti Mehrotra Award of Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists in 1983. In recognition of significant contribution for the advancement of medical sciences. Dr. Brij Bala Arora Ex-Senior Professor & Head Department of Pathology PGIMS Rohtak has more than 37 years of teaching experience to medical and dental undergraduate and postgraduate students.Her research on AgNOR staining technique received international importance and paper on morphometric analysis of AgNOR in lymph node lesions was published in Advances in Clinical Pathology 6:95-99 2002. The results of her research on malaria parasite and haemosiderin iron deposition in lymph nodes have drawn the attention of the International Scientific Community.