Advances in Parasitology

by David Rollinson (Editor), Russell Stothard (Editor)

Overview

Advances in Parasitology Volume 124, the latest release in this esteemed series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new release including chapters on Geomorphological determinants and geospatial analyses of mosquito habitat for control and elimination studies of malaria in Africa, Immunology and Pathology of Echinostomes and other Intestinal Trematodes, PfEMP1 – Still of key importance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria immunity and pathogenesis, and more.

• Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
• Presents the latest release in the Advances in Parasitology series
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443295157
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	05/14/2024
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

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

1. Geomorphological determinants and goespatial analyses of mosquito habitat for control and elimination studies of malaria in Africa
2. Immunology and Pathology of Echinostomes and other Intestinal Trematodes
3. PfEMP1 – Still of key importance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria immunity and pathogenesis

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Seminal, comprehensive and up-to-date reference on all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology

Editorial Reviews

"One is struck by the quality and scholarship of the various chapters and the obviously efficient editing." —PARASITOLOGY

"The policy of the editors of Advances in Parasitology to include reviews from any aspect of parasitology and the high standard of individual papers have resulted in this series of volumes becoming an indispensable source for students, teachers, and research workers." —ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY

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