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Advances in Parasitology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 78
  • April 26, 2012
  • David Rollinson + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 4 6 3 9 - 3
First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and trypanosomes. The series also contains reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history, which shape current thinking and applications. Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on various topics, including control of human parasitic diseases and global mapping of infectious diseases. The 2010 impact factor is1.683

An Appraisal of the Status of Chagas Disease in the United States

  • 1st Edition
  • January 27, 2012
  • Rodrigo Zeledon + 5 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 7 3 4 2 - 9
This title critically reviews old and new literature, help to create greater awareness of the disease in the US and helps in the evaluation of certain epidemiological and public health issues. During the first half of the 20th century, Chagas disease was assumed to be absent from the U.S. and considered an exotic disease, until the first two indigenous cases were discovered, almost simultaneously, in Texas, 1955. Since that time four indigenous cases have been documented in several places in the country. Although the disease is still considered uncommon in the US, this disease is not longer an exclusive Latin American illness. Physicians in the US are often unaware of the characteristics of the diseases, and are likely overlooking locally acquired cases. The influx of an estimated 300,000 Latin American immigrants with the Chagas parasite means that there is an urgent need for physicians and public health officials to become aware.

Advances in Parasitology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 77
  • November 26, 2011
  • David Rollinson + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 1 4 4 2 - 2
First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and trypanosomes. The series also contains reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history, which shape current thinking and applications. Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on various topics, including control of human parasitic diseases and global mapping of infectious diseases. The 2009 impact factor is 6.231.

Advances in Parasitology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 1
  • August 24, 2011
  • Ben Dawes
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 8 0 4 7 - 0

Advances in Parasitology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 3
  • August 24, 2011
  • Ben Dawes
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 8 0 4 9 - 4

Chagas Disease

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 76
  • August 22, 2011
  • Louis M. Weiss + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 5 8 9 5 - 5
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 5 8 9 6 - 2
This thematic volume provides authoritative, up-to-date reviews addressing recent advances as well as an overview for the research and clinical communities on the endemic infection of Chagas disease. Lead researchers discuss epidemiology and control measures as well as various diagnosis techniques, treatments, and therapies currently being used. The text includes a history of Chagas disease and an outlook for the next century.

Chagas Disease

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 75
  • August 3, 2011
  • Herbert B. Tanowitz + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 5 8 6 3 - 4
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 5 8 6 4 - 1
This thematic volume provides authoritative, up-to-date reviews addressing recent advances as well as an overview for the research and clinical communities on the endemic infection of Chagas disease. Lead researchers discuss epidemiology and control measures as well as various diagnosis techniques, treatments, and therapies currently being used. The text includes a history of Chagas disease and an outlook for the next century.  

Haemaphysalis Ticks of India

  • 1st Edition
  • July 6, 2011
  • G Geevarghese + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 7 8 1 2 - 0
Ticks are obligate blood sucking arthropods found in almost every region of the world. They are very important vectors of human and animal diseases. Tick-borne protozoan diseases such as Theileriasis and Babesiosis cause mortality and morbidity in domestic animals in many countries including India.An understanding of taxonomy, vector biology and ecology in the geographic regions of each country is essential so that a programme of control measures can be implemented.This book focuses on the ticks found in India and will be invaluable for health authorities, tick biologists and veterinary researchers. It covers taxonomic identification, medical importance and bionomics of haemaphysaline ticks.

Toxoplasma Gondii

  • 1st Edition
  • April 28, 2011
  • Louis M. Weiss + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 5 0 1 - 1
Toxoplasmosis is caused by a one-celled protozoan parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii. In the United States, it is estimated that approximately 30% of cats, the primary carriers, have been infected by T. gondii. Most humans contract toxoplasmosis by eating cyst-contaminated raw or undercooked meat, vegetables, or milk products or when they come into contact with the T. gondii eggs from cat feaces while cleaning a cat's litterbox, gardening, or playing in a sandbox. Approx 1 in 4 (more than 60 million) people in the USA are infected with the parasite, and in the UK between 0.5 and 1% of individuals become infected each year. By the age of 50, 40% of people test positive for the parasite. The predilection of this parasite is for the central nervous system (CNS) causing behavioral and personality alterations as well as fatal necrotizing encephalitis, and is especially dangerous for HIV infected patients.Though there have been tremendous strides in our understanding of the biology of Toxoplasma gondii in the last decade, there has been no systemic review of all of the information that has accumulated. Toxoplasma gondii provides the first comprehensive summary of literature on this organism by leading experts in the field who were responsible for organising the 7th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis in May 2003. It offeres systematic reviews of the biology of this pathogen as well as descriptions of the methods and resources used. Within the next year the T. gondii genome will be completed making this an indispensable research resource for biologists, physicians, parasitologists, and for all those contemplating experiments using T. gondii.

Advances in Parasitology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 74
  • February 17, 2011
  • David Rollinson + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 5 8 9 7 - 9
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 5 8 9 8 - 6
First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and trypanosomes. The series also contains reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history, which shape current thinking and applications. Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on various topics, including control of human parasitic diseases and global mapping of infectious diseases. The 2009 impact factor is 6.231.

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