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The Epidemiology of Plasmodium Vivax : History, Hiatus and Hubris. Part B /
First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and trypanosomes. The series also co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Academic Press,
2013.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Advances in parasitology ;
v. 81. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Series Editors; Editorial Board; Advances in Parasitology; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One
- Plasmodium vivax: Modern Strategies to Study a Persistent Parasite's Life Cycle; ?1.INTRODUCTION; ?2.THE GENERAL LIFE CYCLE OF PLASMODIUM VIVAX AND OTHER PRIMATE MALARIA PARASITE SPECIES; ?3.IN VITRO AND EX VIVO MODELS FOR EXAMINING P. VIVAX BIOLOGY; ?4.NEOTROPICAL NON-HUMAN PRIMATE MODELS (NEW WORLD MONKEYS) FOR INVESTIGATING THE VARIED BIOLOGY OF VIVAX MALARIA; ?5.THE RELAPSING MALARIA PARASITES OF SOUTHERN ASIAN MACAQUE MONKEYS AS MODELS FOR P. VIVAX BIOLOGY
- ?6.FROM GENOMICS TO SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: THE BIGGER PICTURE PUZZLES?7.CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Two
- Red Blood Cell Polymorphism and Susceptibility to Plasmodium vivax; ?1.INTRODUCTION; ?2.THE ERA OF GREAT BIOLOGICAL DISCOVERY; ?3.RESISTANCE TO P. VIVAX AND INSIGHTS ON MALARIA RED CELL INVASION; ?4.EVOLVING PERSPECTIVES ON RESISTANCE TO P. VIVAX; ?5.CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Three
- Natural Acquisition of Immunity to Plasmodium vivax: Epidemiological Observations and Potential Targets
- ?1.OVERVIEW OF NATURALLY ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO MALARIA?2.DIFFERENTIAL ACQUISITION OF IMMUNITY TO P. VIVAX AND P. FALCIPARUM UNDER NATURAL EXPOSURE; ?3.ACQUISITION OF IMMUNITY IN EXPERIMENTAL INFECTIONS
- LESSONS FROM MALARIA THERAPY PATIENTS AND IRRADIATED SPOROZOITES; ?4.UNIQUE BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF P. VIVAX THAT CONTRIBUTE TO NAI; ?5.EFFECTOR MECHANISMS FOR BLOOD-STAGE IMMUNITY; ?6.TARGETS OF BLOOD-STAGE IMMUNITY; ?7.IMMUNE RESPONSES TO MALARIA PRE-ERYTHROCYTIC STAGES; ?8.SEXUAL STAGE PARASITES AND TRANSMISSION-BLOCKING IMMUNITY; ?9.CONCLUSIONS; ?10.FUTURE DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES
- Chapter Four
- G6PD Deficiency: Global Distribution, Genetic Variants and Primaquine Therapy?1.INTRODUCTION; ?2.HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; ?3.GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY: THE ENZYME AND ITS GENE; ?4.DIAGNOSING G6PD DEFICIENCY; ?5.MAPPING THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF G6PD DEFICIENCY; ?6.SPATIAL CO-OCCURRENCE OF G6PD DEFICIENCY WITH P. VIVAX ENDEMICITY; ?7.EVOLUTIONARY DRIVERS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF G6PD DEFICIENCY; ?8.PRIMAQUINE, P. VIVAX AND G6PD DEFICIENCY; ?9.TOWARDS A RISK FRAMEWORK FOR P. VIVAX RELAPSE TREATMENT; ?10.CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES
- Chapter Five
- Genomics, Population Genetics and Evolutionary History of Plasmodium vivax?1.THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING PLASMODIUM DIVERSITY; ?2.THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF P. VIVAX; ?3.THE P. VIVAX GENOME AND COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; ?4.P. VIVAX GLOBAL GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE; ?5.P. VIVAX POPULATION GENETICS IN INDIA; ?6.CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Six
- Malariotherapy
- Insanity at the Service of Malariology; ?1.INTRODUCTION; ?2.THE ERA OF MALARIOTHERAPY; ?3.THE PRACTICE OF MALARIOTHERAPY; ?4.MALARIOTHERAPY AND MALARIOLOGY