Parasitic Infections and the Immune System
- 1st Edition - December 16, 1993
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Felipe Kierzenbaum
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 6 5 7 5 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 4 0 5 - 2
Featuring the work of several world authorities, this volume places primary emphasis on the mechanism of parasite produced changes in the immune response (i.e. immunosuppression).… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFeaturing the work of several world authorities, this volume places primary emphasis on the mechanism of parasite produced changes in the immune response (i.e. immunosuppression). The text covers parasitic diseases on which the World Health Organization has aggressively promoted research through its Program on Research and Training In Tropical Diseases. Chapters cover parasitic diseases such as malaria, American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease), African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis and onchocerciasis. Also included are discussions of toxoplasmosis and amebiasis. The material is drawn from the body of literature that has been rapidly accumulating for the last 15 years. An important feature of this text is that the contributors first outline existing knowledge about the immunology of each infection, thereby enabling the reader to more easily appreciate why and how the immunological alterations that accompany a disease are important, and then, to review the postulated mechanisms for such alterations. Consequently, the impact that each parasitic infection has on the immune system is always described in the "heart" of each chapter rather than at the beginning.
Contributors.
Preface.
African Trypanosomiases, M. Sileghem, J.N. Flynn, A. Darji, P. De Baetselier, and J. Naessens.
Chagas' Disease (American Trypanosomiasis), F. Kierszenbaum and M.B. Sztein.
Leishmaniasis, D.A. Leiby, N. Kanesa-thasan, P. Scott, and C.A. Nacy.
Malaria, E.M. Riley, L. Hviid, and T.G. Theander.
Amebiasis, L. Ortiz-Ortiz.
Toxoplasmosis, F. Darcy and F. Santoro.
Schistosomiasis, E.J. Pearce and A.J.G. Simpson.
Onchocerciasis and Lymphotic Filariasis, J.F. Williams, C.D. Mackenzie, and M. ElKhalifa.
Index.
Preface.
African Trypanosomiases, M. Sileghem, J.N. Flynn, A. Darji, P. De Baetselier, and J. Naessens.
Chagas' Disease (American Trypanosomiasis), F. Kierszenbaum and M.B. Sztein.
Leishmaniasis, D.A. Leiby, N. Kanesa-thasan, P. Scott, and C.A. Nacy.
Malaria, E.M. Riley, L. Hviid, and T.G. Theander.
Amebiasis, L. Ortiz-Ortiz.
Toxoplasmosis, F. Darcy and F. Santoro.
Schistosomiasis, E.J. Pearce and A.J.G. Simpson.
Onchocerciasis and Lymphotic Filariasis, J.F. Williams, C.D. Mackenzie, and M. ElKhalifa.
Index.
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 16, 1993
- No. of pages (eBook): 254
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780124065758
- eBook ISBN: 9780080924052
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Felipe Kierzenbaum
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Michigan State University, East Lansing, U.S.A.Read Parasitic Infections and the Immune System on ScienceDirect