Natural History of Host-Parasite Interactions

Edited by
  • Joanne P. Webster, Royal Society University Fellow, Director M&E, Schistosome Control Initiative, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College, London, UK

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Advances in Parasitology

Hardbound, 366 Pages

Published: March 2009

Imprint: Academic Press

ISBN: 978-0-12-374787-7

Contents

  • PrefaceJoanne P. Webster1. HLA-Mediated Control of HIV, and HIV Adaptation to HLARebecca Payne, Philippa Matthews, Julia Prado and Philip Goulder2. An Evolutionary Perspective on Parasitism as a Cause of CancerPaul W. Ewald3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers: the Diversity and Evolution of Manipulative Strategies in Host-Parasite InteractionsThierry Lefèvre, Shelley Adamo, David G. Biron, Dorothée Missé, David Hughes and Frédéric Thomas4. Evolutionary Drivers of Parasite-Induced Changes in Insect Life-History Traits: From Theory to Underlying MechanismsHilary Hurd5. Ecological Immunology of a Tapeworms’ Interaction with its Two Consecutive HostsKatrin Hammerschmidt and Joachim Kurtz6. Tracking Transmission of the Zoonosis Toxoplasma gondiiJudith E. Smith7. Parasites and Biological InvasionsAlison M. Dunn 8. Zoonoses in Wildlife: Integrating Ecology into ManagementFiona Mathews9. Understanding the Interaction between an Obligate Hyperparasitic Bacterium, Pasteuria penetrans and its Obligate Plant Parasitic Nematode Host, Meloidogyne spp.Keith G. Davies10. Host-Parasite Relations and Implications for ControlAlan Fenwick11. Onchocerca-Simulium Interactions and the Population and Evolutionary Biology of Onchocerca volvulusMaría-Gloria Basáñez, Thomas S. Churcher and María-Eugenia Grillet12. Microsporidians as Evolution-Proof Agents of Malaria Control?Jacob C. Koella, Lena Lorenz and Irka Bargielowski

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