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Advances in Parasitology
Advances in Parasitology Series
Coordinators: Rollinson David, Stothard Russell
Language: EnglishSubject for Advances in Parasitology:
Keywords
Annual transmission potential; Blindness prevalence; Confocal laser endomicroscopy; Endoscopy; Fluorescence imaging; Forest strain; Imaging; Microfilarial prevalence; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis; Savannah strain; Schistosomiasis; Simulium damnosum s.l; Two-photon microscopy; Ultrasound; Urogenital schistosomiasis; West Africa
226 p. · 15.2x22.8 cm · Hardback
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1. Investigational imaging techniques for monitoring urogenital schistosomiasis Michael H. Hsieh 2. Putting into context immune response of teleost fish and survival of metazoan parasites Bahram Sayyaf Dezfuli and Luisa Giari 3. Chapter titile to be confirmed Amaya L. Bustinduy and Hermann Feldmeier 4. Coinfections in Tick-Borne Pathogens: An Evolutionary Perspective kayla king 5. Control and Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Oceania: Prevalence, Geographical Distribution, Mass Drug Administration, and Surveillance, Samoa 1997 to 2017 Patricia Margaret Graves 6. Taking the strain out of onchocerciasis: A reanalysis of blindness and transmission data does not support the existence of a savanna blinding strain of onchocerciasis in West Africa María-Gloria Basanez 7. Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis: From parasite biology and immunology to diagnosis and control Maria-Gloria Basanez
Prof. Russell Stothard is Chair in Medical Parasitology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
- Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field of parasitology
- Includes medical studies of parasites of major influence
- Features reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history, which help shape current thinking and applications