Advances in Parasitology
- 1st Edition, Volume 124 - May 14, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: David Rollinson, Russell Stothard
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 1 4 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 1 5 - 7
Advances in Parasitology Volume 124, the latest release in this esteemed series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new release including chapters on Geomor… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Parasitology Volume 124, the latest release in this esteemed series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new release including chapters on Geomorphological determinants and geospatial analyses of mosquito habitat for control and elimination studies of malaria in Africa, Immunology and Pathology of Echinostomes and other Intestinal Trematodes, PfEMP1 – Still of key importance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria immunity and pathogenesis, and more.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Series Page
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter One: Immunology and pathology of echinostomes and other intestinal trematodes
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Family Echinostomatidae
- 3 Family Brachylaimidae
- 4 Family Diplostomidae
- 5 Family Gymnophallidae
- 6 Family Heteropyiidae
- 7 Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Two: An update and review of arthropod vector sensory systems: Potential targets for behavioural manipulation by parasites and other disease agents
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Host seeking versus host feeding
- 3 Vector sensory systems and manipulation by disease agents
- 4 Key questions and ways to address them
- 5 Conclusions and future directions
- References
- Glossary
- Chapter Three: Working towards the development of vaccines and chemotherapeutics against neosporosis—With all of its ups and downs—Looking ahead
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Vaccines for the control of neosporosis
- 3 Subunit vaccines to protect against N. caninum infection
- 4 Chemotherapy against neosporosis
- 5 Vaccine-linked chemotherapy
- 6 Where to go from here
- Acknowledegments
- References
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 124
- Published: May 14, 2024
- No. of pages (Hardback): 164
- No. of pages (eBook): 300
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443295140
- eBook ISBN: 9780443295157
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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