Author: Sherwin S. Desser
Publisher: Amsterdam : Elsevier Biomedical Press ; New York : Sole distributors for the USA and Canada, Elsevier Science Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780444804334
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
New technologies for parasotology; Analysis of DNA from trypanosomes. Proliferation and mobilization of immne cells in response to parasite antigens; Effector mechanisms of host-protective immunity to parasites and evasion by parasites; Mechanisms of host resitance at the mucosa-parasite interface. Complement activation by parasotes - its role in rsitance and pathogeny; Parasitic protozoa: aspects of the host-parasite interface; The life cycles of piroplasms and related groups; Pathogenic free-living amebas: Acanthamnoeba and Naegleria; Morphogy band ultrastructure of parasitic helmints; Envelopes at cell surfaces a confused area of research of general importance; Structure and function of ;the midgut of blood geeding insects; Ultrastructure and function of elements of tick neuroendocrine and endocrine systems; Fine structure and permeability of peritrophic menbranes in insects; Physiology and biochemestry; Evolution and toxonomic relationship; Pathogenic mechanisms; Ecology; Therapeutics and toxicology; Epidemiology and zoonoses. Clinicaql and diagnostic parasitology; Economics and mangment.