| Description |
1 online resource (x, 294 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Cell Biology for Immune Evasion: Organizing Antigenic Variation, Surfaces, Trafficking, and Cellular Structures in Trypanosoma brucei / Ka Fai Leung, Paul T. Manna, Cordula Boehm, Luke Maishman and Mark C. Field -- The Biology of Tsetse-Trypanosome Interactions / Guy Caljon, Linda De Vooght and Jan Van Den Abbeele -- Withstanding the Challenges of Host Immunity: Antigenic Variation and the Trypanosome Surface Coat / James Peter John Hall and Lindsey Plenderleith -- Bridging Innate and Adaptive Immunity in African Trypanosomiasis / John M. Mansfield, Donna M. Paulnock and Gina M. Hedberg -- Adaptive Immunity and Trypanosomiasis-Driven B-Cell Destruction / Stefan Magez and Magdalena Radwanska -- Normal Human Serum Lysis of Non-human Trypanosomes and Resistance of T. b. rhodesiense and T. b. gambiense / Paul Capewell, Caroline Clucas, William Weir, Nicola Veitch and Annette MacLeod -- Proteomics and African Trypanosomes: Shedding New Light on Host-Vector-Parasite Interactions and Impact on Control Methods / Philippe Holzmuller, Pascal Grébaut and Anne Geiger -- Diagnosis of African Trypanosomiasis / Philippe Büscher -- Progress Towards New Treatments for Human African Trypanosomiasis / Jose A. Garcia-Salcedo, Jane C. Munday, Juan D. Unciti-Broceta and Harry P. de Koning -- Animal African Trypanosomosis in Sub-Saharan Africa and Beyond African Borders / Boniface Namangala and Steven Odongo -- Trypanosoma (Duttonella) vivax and Typanosomosis in Latin America: Secadera/Huequera/Cacho Hueco / Mary Isabel Gonzatti, Bernardo González-Baradat, Pedro M. Aso and Armando Reyna-Bello |
| Summary |
This new volume written by experts in the field of trypanosome research covers every aspect of trypanosome-vector-host biology. It is a must read for basic researchers working with trypanosomes and related organisms, infection and drug development as well as parasitology in a broader sense |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 1, 2013) |
| Subject |
Trypanosomiasis.
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Trypanosomatidae.
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Trypanosoma
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Trypanosomiasis
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Trypanosomatina
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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Trypanosomatidae
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Trypanosomiasis
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Magez, Stefan, editor
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Radwanska, Magdalena, editor
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| ISBN |
9783709115565 |
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3709115566 |
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