The fifth edition of Medical Parasitology has been thoroughly revised and yet the book is not unwieldy or bulky. Clacsitication of parasites and treatment of parasitic infect’ons have beer, updated. Opportunistic parasitic infections in AIDS cases u’d nosocomial parasitic infections have been described in one of the chapters. Diagrams of the life cycles of the parasites are computer-drawn with simple line sketciles. New parasitic figures have been added. Indian data have been given in most of the chapters. For quick revision, 0,ferview of Parasitology has been given in the last chapter of the book. Diagrammatic representation of relative sizes one morphology of protozoa and helminthic eggs at the end of the book has good visual impact and will help in understanding the importance of micrometry in diagnostic parasitology. The language is lucid and easy to understand. This book shall be highly useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students, clinicians and medical laboratory technology students.