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Advances in Parasitology: Volume 88 by David Rollinson (Merit Research Scientist, The Natural History Museum, London, UK)

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 of parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and trypanosomes. The series also contains reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history, which shape current thinking and applications. The 2013 impact factor is 4.36

About David Rollinson (Merit Research Scientist, The Natural History Museum, London, UK)

Professor David Rollinson is a Merit Research Scientist at the Natural History Museum in London, where he leads a research team in the Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories and directs the WHO Collaborating Centre for schistosomiasis. He has had a long fascination with parasites and the diseases that they cause, this has involved him in many overseas projects especially in Africa. He is on the WHO Expert Advisory Panel of parasitic diseases, the editor of Advances in Parasitology and a former President of the World Federation of Parasitologists. His research group uses a multidisciplinary approach, which combines detailed molecular studies in the laboratory with ongoing collaborative studies in endemic areas of disease, to explore the intriguing world of parasites in order to help control and eliminate parasitic diseases. Prof. Russell Stothard is Chair in Medical Parasitology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK

Table of Contents

Recent Developments in Malaria Vaccinology Benedict R. Halbroth and Simon J. Draper PfEMP1 A Parasite Protein Family of Key Importance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Immunity and Pathogenesis Lars Hviid and Anja T.R. Jensen Prospects for Vector-Based Gene Silencing to Explore Immunobiological Features of Schistosoma mansoni Jana Hagen, Jean-Pierre Y. Scheerlinck, Neil D. Young, Robin B. Gasser and Bernd H. Kalinna Chronobiology of Trematode Cercarial Emergence: from Data Recovery to Epidemiological, Ecological and Evolutionary Implications Andre Theron Strongyloidiasis With Emphasis on Human Infections and its Different Clinical Forms Rafael Toledo, Carla Munoz-Antoli, and Jose-Guillermo Esteban A Perspective on Cryptosporidium and Giardia, with an Emphasis on Bovines and Recent Epidemiological Findings Harshanie Abeywardena, Aaron R. Jex and Robin B. Gasser

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NPB9780128022689
9780128022689
012802268X
Advances in Parasitology: Volume 88 by David Rollinson (Merit Research Scientist, The Natural History Museum, London, UK)
New
Hardback
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
2015-04-21
338
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