This book is an excellent companion to the study of tropical medicine and clinical parasitology for the beginner as well as the experienced reader.The pictures, graphs and maps are very good and this edition has been updated and expanded significantly with new illustations, maps, updates of life cycles of parasites, relevant x-rays, clinical pictures and illustrations of parasites and hosts. A perfect companion to a textbook of tropical medicine. Highly recommended. The resolution of the pictures on the CD-ROM are, however, a bit too low to enjopy fully for my eyes. The book is recommended for the postgraduate courses in tropical medicine and medical parasitology at the University of Oslo. Oystein Strand MD PhD, Associate professor of ID,Akershus University Hospital,Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway