In this valuable brochure, the authors have lucidly and concisely summarized our knowledge of protozoan and metazoan parasites that either invade the heart directly or otherwise influence the heart adversely. The protozoan diseases which are discussed include amebic pericarditis, balantidiasis, kala-azar, Chagas’ disease, African trypanosomiasis, malaria, toxoplasmosis, and sarcosporidiosis. The metazoan diseases discussed consist principally of infestations with helminths: (1) the trematodes (flukes), which include schistosomiasis, heterophyiasis, and paragonimiasis; (2) the cestodes ( tapeworms), which cause cysticercosis. echinococcosis, and sparganosis; and ( 3) the nematodes (roundworms), which produce trichinosis, trichuriasis, strongyloidiasis, hookworm disease, ascariasis, and filariasis. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1165787
