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Advances in Parasitology
- 1st Edition, Volume 123 - March 1, 2024
- Editors: David Rollinson, Russell Stothard
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 1 0 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 1 1 - 9
Advances in Parasitology, Volume 123, the latest release in this ongoing series, includes medical studies of parasites of major influence, along with reviews of more traditional… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Parasitology, Volume 123, the latest release in this ongoing series, includes medical studies of parasites of major influence, along with reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history.
- Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field of parasitology
- Includes medical studies of parasites of major influence
- Features reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history which help shape current thinking and applications
PhD students, professors, scientists, health workers, government officers, and policy makers at various levels
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Series Page
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter One: A review of health education activities targeting schoolchildren for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Southeast Asia, with emphasis upon the Magic Glasses approach
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Health education strategies for STH control in Southeast Asia
- 3 Philippines as a case study
- 4 Future perspectives
- 5 Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Two: Parasites in ancient Egypt and Nubia: Malaria, schistosomiasis and the pharaohs
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sources of evidence for ancient parasites
- 3 Methods of detection
- 4 Protozoal parasites in Egypt and Nubia
- 5 Helminths
- 6 Ectoparasites
- 7 Parasite prevalence
- 8 Parasites and anaemia
- 9 The role of the River Nile
- 10 Spread of disease from ancient Egypt
- 11 Limitations of the study
- 12 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Three: Getting around the roundworms: Identifying knowledge gaps and research priorities for the ascarids
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 An introduction to Ascaris physiology and pharmacology – highlighting opportunities for anthelmintic discovery
- 3 Ascaris physiology, drug action, and the gut-drug axis
- 4 Host-environmental interactions of Ascaris
- 5 The current scope and future perspectives of Caenorhabditis elegans as a tool for ascarid research
- 6 Genomics – genomic/transcriptomic analyses of ascarids
- 7 Current challenges in vaccine research against ascarids and future perspectives
- 8 Discussions on important future topics in research on ascarids
- 9 Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- References
- No. of pages: 300
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 123
- Published: March 1, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443295102
- eBook ISBN: 9780443295119
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David Rollinson
Professor David Rollinson is a Merit Research Scientist at the Natural History Museum in London, where he leads a research team in the Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories and directs the WHO Collaborating Centre for schistosomiasis. He has had a long fascination with parasites and the diseases that they cause, this has involved him in many overseas projects especially in Africa. He is on the WHO Expert Advisory Panel of parasitic diseases, the editor of Advances in Parasitology and a former President of the World Federation of Parasitologists. His research group uses a multidisciplinary approach, which combines detailed molecular studies in the laboratory with ongoing collaborative studies in endemic areas of disease, to explore the intriguing world of parasites in order to help control and eliminate parasitic diseases.
Affiliations and expertise
Merit Research Scientist, The Natural History Museum, London, UKRS
Russell Stothard
Prof. Russell Stothard is Chair in Medical Parasitology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
Affiliations and expertise
Chair in Medical Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UKRead Advances in Parasitology on ScienceDirect