Advances in Parasitology

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on 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. Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on various topics including "Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems in Epidemiology� and "The Evolution of Parasitism - a phylogenetic persepective�. With an impact factor of 3.9 the series ranks second in the ISI Parasitology subject category.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-04-20
Mått:152 x 229 x 0 mm
Vikt:890 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Advances in Parasitology
Antal sidor:476
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780120317677

Utforska kategorier

Patologi inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

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.

Innehållsförteckning

Leishmania and the Leishmaniases: a Parasite Genetic Update and Advances in Taxonomy, Epidemiology and Pathogenicity in HumansHuman Waterborne Trematode and Protozoan InfectionsThe Biology of Gyrodactylid Monogeneans: the “Russian-Doll KillersHuman Genetic Diversity and Epidemiology of Parasitic and Other Transmissible Diseases