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Ascaris : the neglected parasite /

This book tackles a number of different perspectives concerning the parasitic helminth Ascaris, both in animals and in humans and the disease known as ascariasis. It seeks to identify interesting, exciting and novel aspects, which will interest readers from a broad range of disciplines. Over a quart...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Holland, Celia (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Waltham, MA ; San Diego, CA : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Biology of ascaris
  • Immunology of Ascaris and immunomodulation
  • Ascaris and allergy
  • Ascaris: antigens, allergens, immunogenetics, protein structures
  • Implications of Ascaris co-infection
  • Model systems
  • Larval ascariasis: impact, significance, and model organisms
  • The neurobiology of Ascaris and other parasitic nematodes
  • Epidemiology of ascariasis
  • Ascaris lumbricoides: new epidemiological insights and mathematical approaches
  • Genetic epidemiology of Ascaris: cross-transmission between humans and pigs, focal transmission, and effective population size
  • Transmission dynamics of Ascaris lumbricoides: theory and observation
  • Host and parasite genetics
  • From the twig tips to the deeper branches: new insights into evolutionary history and phylogeography of Ascaris
  • Decoding the Ascaris suum genome using massively parallel sequencing and advanced bioinformatic methods: unprecedented prospects for fundamental and applied research
  • Genetics of human host susceptibility to ascariasis
  • Clinical aspects and public health
  • Ascaris lumbricoides and ascariasis: estimating numbers infected and burden of disease
  • Impact of Ascaris suum in livestock
  • Approaches to control of STHs including ascariasis
  • Diagnosis and control of ascariasis in pigs.