part Part 1 Introduction -- chapter 1 Parasites indigenous to the North (tables) / chapter 2 Parasites and parasitism / part PART 2 General epidemiology in countries in the North: past and present -- chapter 3 Prevalence of human parasites and parasitic infections in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden / chapter 4 Prevalence of human parasites in Iceland -- Karl Sk�rnisson, Sigur ur H. Richter, and Matth�as Eydal / chapter 5 Prevalence of parasites in the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania): epidemiology past and present ATS METSIS, ANTS J�GISTE, REGINA VIRBALIEN, AND LUDMILA JUREVICA -- Ats Metsis, Ants J�giste, Regina Virbalien, and Ludmila Jurevica / chapter 6 Prevalence of human parasitic infections in Russia: epidemiology past and present V. P. SERGIEV AND N. N. OZERETSKOVSKAYA / chapter 7 Prevalence of parasites in Canada and Alaska -- Theresa W. Gyorkos, J. Dick MacLean, Bouchra Serhir, and Brian Ward / part PART 3 Important parasites in the North: biology, pathogenesis and epidemiology -- chapter 8 Acanthamoeba spp. / chapter 9 Entamoeba histolytica/dispar / chapter 10 Giardia intestinalis / chapter 11 Microsporidia spp. / chapter 12 Pneumocystis carinii / chapter 13 Toxoplasma gondii biology and pathogenesis -- Eskild Petersen / chapter 14 Toxoplasma gondii epidemiology / chapter 15 Trichomonas vaginalis -- Pål Wölner-Hanssen / chapter 16 Anisakis spp. / chapter 17 Diphyllobothrium latum / chapter 18 Echinococcus spp. / chapter 19 Enterobius vermicularis / chapter 20 Toxocara canis / chapter 21 Trichinella spp. / chapter 22 Swimmers itch -- Cecilia Thors, Ewert Linder, and Göran Bylund / chapter 23 Medically important parasitic arthropods (insects, ticks, and mites) of the northern Holarctic region / chapter 24 Dermatological manifestations of parasitic arthropods / part Part 4 Clinical presentation and laboratory investigations -- chapter 25 Clinical symptoms of toxoplasmosis an overview / chapter 26 Treatment of toxoplasmosis / chapter 27 Clinical presentation and laboratory investigations of other parasites in HIV-infected individuals / chapter 28 Parasite infections in transplant patients / part Part 5 Laboratory diagnostics methods -- chapter 29 PCR-based diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infections -- Nancy P. Nenonen, Tomas Bergström, and Sigvard Olofsson / chapter 30 Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii / chapter 31 Serology Toxoplasma gondii / chapter 32 Serology other parasites -- Inger Ljungstr”m / chapter 33 Parasite detection / chapter 34 DNA detection / part Part 6 Historical review -- chapter 35 Linnaeus, Armauer Hansen, and Nordic research on some neglected diseases