Advances in Parasitology

Seminal, comprehensive, up-to-date reference on all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology

David Rollinson (Edited by), Russell Stothard (Edited by)

9780323900836, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 19 May 2021

226 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.48 kg

Advances in Parasitology, Volume 112, the latest release in this ongoing series, includes medical studies of parasites of major influence, along with reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy and life history. Chapters in this update include 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, Enterocytozoon bieneusi of animals, Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis, Genomic analysis reveals predominant clonality and progressive evolution at all evolutionary scales in eukaryotic pathogens, HTLV-I and Strongyloides: the worm lurking beneath, and more.

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

Subject Areas: Medical parasitology [MMFP]