Echinococcus and Echinococcosis, Part A

Professor Andrew Thompson Heads the Parasitology Section in the School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University. He is a recent past President of the Australian Society for Parasitology and has over 30 years experience in basic and applied parasitology, with over 350 publications in books and refereed journals. His research covers the biology, taxonomy and life-cycles of parasites of wildlife and zoonoses including Echinococcus and other helminths, Trypanosoma, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, and he is a lead investigator of a major research programme of drug discovery against vector-borne neglected tropical diseases. Alan J. Lymbery works at the Freshwater Fish Group and Fish Health Unit at Murdoch University Murdoch University, Australia. Peter Deplazes works at the Institute of Parasitology at the University of Zürich, Switzerland.

• 1. Historical Aspects of Echinococcosis2. Biology and Systematics of Echinococcus3. Phylogenetic Pattern, Evolutionary Processes and Species Delimitation in the Genus Echinococcus4. Echinococcus–Host Interactions at Cellular and Molecular Levels5. Ecology and Life Cycle Patterns of Echinococcus Species6. Global Distribution of Alveolar and Cystic Echinococcosis