Advances in parasitology. Volume ninety one /

First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews on all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. The series includes medical studies of parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and trypanosomes. The series also contains reviews...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rollinson, D. (Editor ), Stothard, J. R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier ; Academic Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Parasitology.
Parasitology
Parasitologie.
MEDICAL > Parasitology.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
MEDICAL / Diseases
MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
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  • Front Cover
  • Advances in Parasitology
  • SERIES EDITOR
  • Advances in Parasitology
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • One
  • Malaria Parasite Proteins and Their Role in Alteration of the Structure and Function of Red Blood Cells
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. TRAFFICKING OF PARASITE PROTEINS INTO THE RBC
  • 2.1 The PEXEL motif
  • 2.1.1 Plasmepsin V-mediated PEXEL function
  • 2.1.2 PI(3)P-mediated PEXEL function
  • 2.2 PEXEL-negative exported proteins
  • 2.3 The role of PTEX
  • 2.4 Protein trafficking within iRBCs
  • 2.4.1 Vesicle-mediated trafficking
  • 2.4.2 Chaperones
  • 2.4.3 MCs: an external Golgi?
  • 3. EXPORTED PARASITE PROTEINS
  • 3.1 MC-associated proteins
  • 3.1.1 Skeleton-binding protein 1
  • 3.1.2 Membrane-associated histidine-rich protein 1
  • 3.1.3 Membrane-associated histidine-rich protein 2
  • 3.1.4 Ring-exported protein 1
  • 3.1.5 Ring-exported protein 2
  • 3.1.6 Other less-well characterized proteins associated with MCs
  • 3.1.7 Parasite proteins and the tubovesicular network
  • 3.2 Parasite proteins in the RBC cytosol or at the RBC membrane skeleton
  • 3.2.1 Knob-associated histidine-rich protein
  • 3.2.2 P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 3
  • 3.2.3 P. falciparum antigen 332
  • 3.2.4 Plasmodium helical interspersed sub-telomeric proteins
  • 3.2.4.1 PHISTa
  • 3.2.4.2 PHISTb
  • 3.2.4.3 PHISTc
  • 3.2.5 Ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen
  • 3.2.6 Proteins containing DnaJ domains
  • 3.2.7 Mature-parasite-infected erythrocyte surface antigen
  • 3.2.8 FIKK kinases
  • 3.2.9 P. falciparum proteins involved in trafficking of PfEMP1
  • 3.2.10 Other less-well characterized exported proteins
  • 3.3 Proteins exposed on the surface of infected RBCs
  • 3.3.1 P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1
  • 3.3.2 RIFINs
  • 3.3.3 STEVOR
  • 3.3.4 SURFINS
  • 3.3.5 Glycophorin-binding proteins.
  • 3.3.6 Cytoadherence-linked asexual gene
  • 3.3.7 Other less-well characterized putative iRBC surface proteins
  • 3.3.8 Exported proteins of sexual stage parasites
  • 4. ALTERATION OF HOST RBC PROTEINS DURING MALARIA INFECTION
  • 5. CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Two
  • Harnessing the Toxocara Genome to Underpin Toxocariasis Research and New Interventions
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. SIGNIFICANCE OF TOXOCARA AND DIAGNOSTIC CONSIDERATIONS
  • 3. MOLECULAR DISCOVERY IN TOXOCARA PRIOR TO LARGE-SCALE GENOMIC AND TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSES
  • 4. T. CANIS GENOME AND TRANSCRIPTOMES GIVE FIRST GLOBAL INSIGHTS INTO THIS PATHOGEN'S MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
  • 4.1 Genome and gene set
  • 4.2 Molecular groups and their key biological and/or biotechnological relevance
  • 4.3 Insights into the pathogen's biology
  • 5. PROSPECTS FOR NEW INTERVENTION TARGETS IN TOXOCARA AND RELATED PARASITES
  • 6. CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Three
  • Coinfection of Schistosoma Species with Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C Viruses
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. STUDIES CONDUCTED ON GENERAL POPULATIONS
  • 3. STUDIES CONDUCTED ON SPECIAL POPULATIONS
  • 3.1 Subjects with chronic liver disease and related conditions
  • 3.2 Subjects with primary liver cancer
  • 3.3 Subjects with schistosomiasis
  • 3.4 Subjects with acute or chronic hepatitis from HBV
  • 3.5 Subjects with HCV
  • 4. STUDIES COMPARING SUBJECTS WITH SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND SUBJECTS WITH HCV
  • 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • REFERENCES
  • Four
  • Recent Advances in Elucidating Nematode Moulting
  • Prospects of Using Oesophagostomum dentatum as a Model
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. NEMATODE CUTICLE
  • 3. TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE MOULTING PROCESS
  • 4. OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM AS A MODEL FOR STUDYING FUNDAMENTAL DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES
  • 5. ELUCIDATING ASPECTS OF MOULTING IN OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS.
  • 6. FUTURE PROSPECTS AND CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Five
  • A Population Biology Perspective on the Stepwise Infection Process of the Bacterial Pathogen Pasteuria ramos ...
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. THE DAPHNIA-PASTEURIA SYSTEM
  • 3. STEPS OF THE INFECTION PROCESS IN THE DAPHNIA-PASTEURIA SYSTEM
  • 3.1 Step 1. Host encounter with parasite transmission stages
  • 3.2 Step 2. Activation of dormant parasite spores
  • 3.3 Step 3. Attachment of activated spores
  • 3.4 Step 4. Host penetration
  • 3.5 Step 5. Early within-host phase
  • 3.6 Step 6. Late within-host phase
  • 3.7 Step 7. Host death and spore competence
  • 4. USING THE STEPWISE MODEL TO ADDRESS EVOLUTIONARY QUESTIONS
  • 4.1 How much host variation can be explained by each step?
  • 4.2 Genetic basis of disease expression
  • 4.3 Evolution of resistance and its costs
  • 4.4 Expression and evolution of virulence
  • 4.5 Host-parasite coevolution
  • 4.6 The evolution of host range
  • 5. CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Six
  • The Increase of Exotic Zoonotic Helminth Infections: The Impact of Urbanization, Climate Change and Globalization
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. GLOBALIZATION
  • 2.1 Aquatic FBHs
  • 2.2 'Terrestrial' FBHs
  • 3. URBANIZATION
  • 3.1 Echinococcosis
  • 3.2 Emerging wildlife zoonoses
  • 4. CLIMATE CHANGE
  • 4.1 Zoonotic filariasis
  • 4.1.1 Onchocerca spp.
  • 4.1.2 Dirofilaria spp.
  • 4.1.3 Thelazia spp.
  • 4.2 Schistosoma spp.
  • 4.3 STHs: Hookworm/Toxocara/Ascaris/Trichuris
  • 4.4 Hookworm
  • 4.4.1 Toxocariasis
  • 4.4.2 Ascaris suum and Trichuris suis
  • 5. POINTS FOR DISCUSSION
  • 5.1 Health education
  • 5.2 Targeting definitive hosts and vectors
  • 5.3 Molecular tools
  • 5.3.1 Environmental monitoring/surveillance
  • 5.3.2 Species identification
  • 5.3.3 Diagnosis and assessment of control programmes
  • 5.4 Success stories.
  • 5.4.1 Schistosomiasis and dracunculiasis
  • 6. CONCLUSIONS
  • SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • CONTENTS OF VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES
  • Back Cover.

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