Biomphalaria Snails And Larval Trematodes

Author : Rafael Toledo,Bernard Fried
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781441970282

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Biomphalaria Snails and Larval Trematodes by Rafael Toledo,Bernard Fried Pdf

The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the biology of the planorbid snail Biomphalaria glabrata mainly as related to the snail’s role as a host of larval trematodes . This snail is of great importance in medical and economic zoology as a vector of important trematode (fluke) diseases in human and veterinary medicine and in wildlife biology. Moreover, this snail is a useful model for numerous basic studies in biology and chemistry. A book that provides modern coverage of diverse topics from the molecule to the community of this snail as related to larval trematode parasitism is not available. This book should appeal to a wide audience of biologists, ecologists, biochemists, malacologists, parasitologists, public health workers, epidemiologists, and graduate and advanced undergraduate students in biomedical and allied health sciences.

Author : Rafael Toledo,Bernard Fried
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1441970290

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Biomphalaria Snails and Larval Trematodes by Rafael Toledo,Bernard Fried Pdf

The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the biology of the planorbid snail Biomphalaria glabrata mainly as related to the snail’s role as a host of larval trematodes . This snail is of great importance in medical and economic zoology as a vector of important trematode (fluke) diseases in human and veterinary medicine and in wildlife biology. Moreover, this snail is a useful model for numerous basic studies in biology and chemistry. A book that provides modern coverage of diverse topics from the molecule to the community of this snail as related to larval trematode parasitism is not available. This book should appeal to a wide audience of biologists, ecologists, biochemists, malacologists, parasitologists, public health workers, epidemiologists, and graduate and advanced undergraduate students in biomedical and allied health sciences.

Author : Gerald W. Esch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400908376

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Parasite Communities: Patterns and Processes by Gerald W. Esch Pdf

We first discussed the possibility of organizing a symposium on helminth communities in June, 1986. At that time, we were engaged in writing a joint paper on potential structuring mechanisms in helminth communities; we disagreed on a number of issues. We felt the reason for such debate was because the discipline was in a great state of flux, with many new concepts and approaches being introduced with increasing frequency. After consider able discussion about the need, scope and the inevitable limitations of such a symposium, we decided that the time was ripe to bring other ecologists, engaged in similar research, face-to-face. There were many individuals from whom to choose; we selected those who were actively publishing on helminth communities or those who had expertise in areas which we felt were particularly appropriate. We compiled a list of potential participants, contacted them and received unanimous support to organize such a symposium. Our intent was to cover several broad areas, fully recognizing that breadth negates depth (at least with a publisher's limitation on the number of pages). We felt it important to consider patterns amongst different kinds of hosts because this is where we had disagreed among ourselves.

Author : D. Rollinson,L. H. Chappell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 052189106X

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Flukes and Snails Revisited by D. Rollinson,L. H. Chappell Pdf

Summarises the current state of various studies investigating snail-parasite relationships.

Author : Bernard Fried,Thaddeus K. Graczyk
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1997-06-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0849326451

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Advances in Trematode Biology by Bernard Fried,Thaddeus K. Graczyk Pdf

Trematodology - the study of a class of medically important parasitic, flat-bodied worms - has made significant advances over the past ten years. The tremendous amount of information accumulated from research discoveries and technical developments related to trematode biology makes this book a timely and necessary part of the literature. Advances in Trematode Biology presents a thorough treatment of modern trematodology, including principles and practices. With coverage of background material as well as modern methods, Advances in Trematode Biology updates researchers, practitioners, and students with new information in immunology, biochemistry, physiology, and molecular biology. Advances in Trematode Biology includes practical information on parasitological techniques, emphasizing species of medical and veterinary importance - a key reference for parasitologists, biologists, medical, and veterinary personnel. The excellent presentation of material, including well-organized tables and chapters, make Advances in Trematode Biology easy to use both as a textbook and as a reference.

Author : Rafael Toledo,Bernard Fried
Publisher : Springer
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781493909155

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Digenetic Trematodes by Rafael Toledo,Bernard Fried Pdf

Digenetic trematodes constitute a major helminth group that parasitize humans and animals, and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The diseases caused by trematodes have been neglected for years, especially as compared with other parasitic diseases. However, the geographical limits and the populations at risk are currently expanding and changing in relation to factors such as growing international markets, improved transportation systems, and demographic changes. This has led to a growing international interest in trematode infections, although factors such as the difficulties entailed in the diagnosis, the complexity of human and agricultural practices, the lack of assessments of the economic costs or the limited number of effective drugs are preventing the development of control measures of these diseases in humans and livestock. In-depth studies are needed to clarify the current epidemiology of these helminth infections and to identify new and specific targets for both effective diagnosis and treatments. The main goal of this book is to present the major trematodes and their corresponding diseases in the framework of modern parasitology, considering matters such as the application of novel techniques and analysis of data in the context of host-parasite interactions and to show applications of new techniques and concepts for the studies on digenetic trematodes. This is an ideal book for parasitologists, microbiologists, zoologists, immunologists, professional of public health workers, clinicians and graduate and post-graduate students.

Author : David A. Erasmus
Publisher : Crane Russak, Incorporated
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Trematoda
ISBN : UCAL:B4456337

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The Biology of Trematodes by David A. Erasmus Pdf

Author : Barrie G. M. Jamieson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781498744263

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Schistosoma by Barrie G. M. Jamieson Pdf

Apart from malaria, schistosomiasis is the most prevalent parasitic infection in the world. It affects more than 200 million people in 76 tropical and subtropical countries, causing great suffering and resulting in thousands of deaths. Written by world authorities, this book examines many aspects of the biology, pathology, and control of the schistosoma parasite. Ranging in topic from infection in Pharaonic Egypt, through DNA relationships and biological systems, to advances in development of vaccines against the parasite, this book is a comprehensive text written for researchers and medical professionals alike.

Author : Joseph M. Hilbe
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781420075779

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Logistic Regression Models by Joseph M. Hilbe Pdf

Logistic Regression Models presents an overview of the full range of logistic models, including binary, proportional, ordered, partially ordered, and unordered categorical response regression procedures. Other topics discussed include panel, survey, skewed, penalized, and exact logistic models. The text illustrates how to apply the various models t

Author : Carlos Franco-Paredes,José Ignacio Santos-Preciado
Publisher : Springer
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783709114223

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Neglected Tropical Diseases - Latin America and the Caribbean by Carlos Franco-Paredes,José Ignacio Santos-Preciado Pdf

This book addresses the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – based on their prevalence and the years of healthy life lost to disability – in Latin American and Caribbean countries. These include Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, hookworm infection, and other soil-transmitted helminth infections, followed by dengue, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, leprosy, cysticercosis, bartonellosis, Plasmodium vivax malaria, and onchocerciasis. Topics like disease burden, major manifestations and approaches to the control and elimination of NTDs in Latin America and the Caribbean are discussed in detail. As such, the book will be of general interest to basic researchers and clinicians engaged in infectious disease, tropical medicine, and parasitology, and a must-have for scientists specialized in the characteristics of this region of the world.​

Author : K. V. Galaktionov,A. Dobrovolskij
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401732475

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The Biology and Evolution of Trematodes by K. V. Galaktionov,A. Dobrovolskij Pdf

The book by K. V. Galaktionov and A. A. Dobrovolskij maintains the tra- tion of monographs devoted to detailed coverage of digenetic tr matodes in the tradition of B. Dawes (1946) and T. A. Ginetsinskaya (1968). In this - spect, the book is traditional in both its form and content. In the beginning (Chapter 1), the authors provide a consistent analysis of the morphological features of all life cycle stages. Importantly, they present a detailed char- terization of sporocysts and rediae whose morphological-functional orga- zation has never been comprehensively described in modern literature. The authors not only list morphological characteristics, but also analyze the functional significance of different morphological structures and hypothesize about their evolution. Special attention is given to specific features of m- phogenesis in all stages of the trematode life cycle. On this basis, the authors provide several original suggestions about the possible origins of morp- logical evolution of the parthenogenetic (asexual) and the hermaphroditic generations. This is followed by a detailed consideration of the various m- phological-biological adaptations that ensure the successful completion of the complex life cycles of these parasites (Chapter 2). Life cycles inherent in different trematodes are subject to a special analysis (Chapter 3). The authors distinguish several basic types of life cycles and suggest an original interpretation of their evolutionary origin. Chapter 4 features the analysis of structure and the dynamics of trematode populations and is unusual for a monograph of this type.

Author : N.E. Beckage
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461559832

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Parasites and Pathogens by N.E. Beckage Pdf

When Nancy Beckage and I first met in Lynn Riddiford's laboratory at the University of Washington in the mid 1970s, the fields of parasitology, behavior, and endocrinology were thriving and far-flung--disciplines in no serious danger of intersecting. There were rumors that they might have some common ground: Behavioural Aspects of Parasite Transmission (Canning and Wright, 1972) had just emerged, with exciting news not only of the way parasites themselves behave, but also of Machiavellian worms that caused intermediate hosts to shift fundamental responses to light and disturbance, becoming in the process more vulnerable to predation by the next host (Holmes and Bethel, 1972). Meanwhile, biologists such as Miriam Rothschild (see Dedication), G. B. Solomon (1969), and Lynn Riddiford herself (1975) had suggested that the endocrinological rami of parasitism might be subtle and pervasive. In general, however, para fications sites were viewed as aberrant organisms, perhaps good for a few just-so stories prior to turning our attention once again to real animals. In the decade that followed, Pauline Lawrence (1986a,b), Davy Jones (Jones et al. , 1986), Nancy Beckage (Beckage, 1985; Beckage and Templeton, 1986), and others, including many in this volume, left no doubt that the host-parasite combination in insect systems was physiologically distinct from its unparasitized counterpart in ways that went beyond gross pathology.

Author : E. E. Lewis,J. F. Campbell,M. V. K. Sukhdeo
Publisher : CABI
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-07-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0851997546

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The Behavioural Ecology of Parasites by E. E. Lewis,J. F. Campbell,M. V. K. Sukhdeo Pdf

Parasites have evolved numerous complex and fascinating ways of interacting with their hosts. The subject attracts the interest of numerous biologists from the perspective of ecology and behavioural biology, as well as from those concerned with more applied aspects of parasitology. However, until now there has been no recent book to synthesize this field.This book, written by leading authorities from the USA, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, provides the most comprehensive coverage of this important topic on the market.

Author : Timothy H. Druitt,B. Peter Kokelaar
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1862390983

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The Eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999 by Timothy H. Druitt,B. Peter Kokelaar Pdf

Author : Robert Bergquist,Darren Gray
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783039213573

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Prospects for Schistosomiasis Elimination by Robert Bergquist,Darren Gray Pdf

Current efforts to limit the ravages of schistosomiasis are pushing the world closer to eliminating a chronic infection that has been associated with human life in the tropics since time immemorial. This notwithstanding, the disease remains a scourge for large populations in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, and the main part of this book is made up by papers dealing with its current distribution, discussing ways and means to establish and implement improved control approaches. While chemotherapy limits the symptoms caused by schistosomiasis, the number of infected people will not decrease until the parasite's life cycle is interrupted. To that end, some papers focus on the intermediate snail host, which is notoriously difficult to control, while others discuss human hygiene and sanitation. The latter approach not only prevents infection through avoiding people being infected from the snail, but more importantly, also stops people infecting the snail by leaving contagious feces and urine in nature. With morbidity reduced by chemotherapy, the immediate target now is the interruption of transmission to be achieved by new tools, such as the novel chemotherapies, improved diagnostics (for humans, animals, and snails), and vaccines discussed in several of the papers. As made clear in this book, a complex infection requires new tools as well as work on many fronts, above all; however, a clear idea is needed as to how to skillfully combine the tools available and sustain implemented control activities.