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Natural History of Host-Parasite Interactions

Buch | Hardcover

366 Seiten

2009
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-374787-7 (ISBN)

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Evolutionary theory has a key role to play in the interpretation of host and parasitic dynamics and the design and application of disease control programmes. This title collects articles from scientists from different fields of research and/or disease control, but with a common interest in studying the biology of a variety of parasitic diseases.

This volume covers a wide range of systems, exemplified by a broad spectrum of micro- and macro-parasites, impacting humans, domestic and wild animals and plants. It illustrates the importance of evolutionary considerations and concepts, both as thinking tools for qualitative understanding or as guiding tools for decision making in major disease control programs.

Preface
Joanne P. Webster

1. HLA-Mediated Control of HIV, and HIV Adaptation to HLA
Rebecca Payne, Philippa Matthews, Julia Prado and Philip Goulder

2. An Evolutionary Perspective on Parasitism as a Cause of Cancer
Paul W. Ewald

3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers: the Diversity and Evolution of Manipulative Strategies in Host-Parasite Interactions
Thierry Lefèvre, Shelley Adamo, David G. Biron, Dorothée Missé, David Hughes and Frédéric Thomas

4. Evolutionary Drivers of Parasite-Induced Changes in Insect Life-History Traits: From Theory to Underlying Mechanisms
Hilary Hurd

5. Ecological Immunology of a Tapeworms’ Interaction with its Two Consecutive Hosts
Katrin Hammerschmidt and Joachim Kurtz

6. Tracking Transmission of the Zoonosis Toxoplasma gondii
Judith E. Smith

7. Parasites and Biological Invasions
Alison M. Dunn

8. Zoonoses in Wildlife: Integrating Ecology into Management
Fiona Mathews

9. Understanding the Interaction between an Obligate Hyperparasitic Bacterium, Pasteuria penetrans and its Obligate Plant Parasitic Nematode Host, Meloidogyne spp.
Keith G. Davies

10. Host-Parasite Relations and Implications for Control
Alan Fenwick

11. Onchocerca-Simulium Interactions and the Population and Evolutionary Biology of Onchocerca volvulus
María-Gloria Basáñez, Thomas S. Churcher and María-Eugenia Grillet

12. Microsporidians as Evolution-Proof Agents of Malaria Control?
Jacob C. Koella, Lena Lorenz and Irka Bargielowski

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.3.2009
Reihe/Serie	Advances in Parasitology
Verlagsort	San Diego
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	720 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
ISBN-10	0-12-374787-2 / 0123747872
ISBN-13	978-0-12-374787-7 / 9780123747877
Zustand	Neuware