Advances in Parasitology, Volume 44
1st Edition
Table of Contents
E. Handman, Cell Biology of Leishmania.
N. Boulter and R. Hull, Immunity and Vaccine Development in the Bovine Theilerioses.
H. Moné, G. Mouahid, and S. Morand, Comments on the Distribution of Schistosoma bovis Sonsino, 1876 in the Light of Intermediate Host Mollusc-Parasite Relationships.
I.D. Whittington, L.A. Chisholm, and K. Rohde, The Larvae of Monogenea (Platyhelminthes).
A.W. Pike and S.L. Wadsworth, Sealice on Salmonids: Their Biology and Control. Subject Index.
Description
There are currently 3-5 million cases of leishmaniasis in the world and the prevalence is rising. The first chapter in this volume reviews the cell biology of the parasite and its transmission and survival. The second review addresses the apicomplexan protozoan parasites Theileria anulaga, T. parva and T. sergenti which globally cost agriculture over one billion US dollars annually. Current research in this area aims to produce effective, stable and cheap subunit viruses requiring only a single application and the authors predict that success will eventually be achieved with 'naked DNA' vaccines containing cytokine genes as immunopotentiators. The next review is the first in over 30 years to discuss the larva of the class Monogenea.The authors cover morphology, behaviour and structure of many examples providing a detailed reference for researchers. The penultimate chapter discusses the distribution of Schistosoma bovis and considers the reported interactions occurring between parasites and snails. The final chapter reviews one of the most serious parasitic diseases in salmonid aquaculture - sealice. In 1998 the costs due to sealice damage in Scotland alone were estimated at 15-30 million pounds. Discussion of biology and control of these ectoparasites emphasizes the need to understand the basic biology of the parasite. This volume will be essential reading for parasitologists in many branches of the subject.
Readership
Parasitologists in all branches of the subject.
Details
- No. of pages:
- 336
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Academic Press 2000
- Published:
- 24th September 1999
- Imprint:
- Academic Press
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080580906
Reviews
@from:Praise for the Series @qu:"One is struck by the quality and scholarship of the various chapters and the obviously efficient editing." @source:--PARASITOLOGY @qu:"The policy of the editors of Advances in Parasitology to include reviews from any aspect of parasitology and the high standard of individual papers have resulted in this series of volumes becoming an indispensable source for students, teachers, and research workers." @source:--ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY
Ratings and Reviews
About the Serial Volume Editors
John Baker Serial Volume Editor
Affiliations and Expertise
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London, U.K.
Ralph Muller Serial Volume Editor
Affiliations and Expertise
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U.K.
David Rollinson Serial Volume Editor
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
The Natural History Museum, London, UK