Parasitic Protozoa (eBook)

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2012 | 2. Auflage
323 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-323-13918-2 (ISBN)

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Updated and much expanded, the Second Edition of Parasitic Protozoa is designed to be useful to physicians, veterinarians, and research scientists concerned with diseases caused by protozoa in man, and in domestic and wild animals including fish, mollusks and insects, as well as the more commonly considered vertebrate animals. Each section contains information on disease pathogens, treatment, diagnosis, and epidemiology of the diseases caused by the various protozoans. The book is not limited to these medically-oriented subjects, but treats taxonomy, morphology, and metabolism of the organisms in such a way as to be of interest to scientists and graduate students working in the field of protozoology. The entire edition, published in ten volumes, is arranged so that subjects of common interest occupy individual volumes.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Parasitic Protozoa 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Contributors 14
Preface to the Second Edition 16
Preface to the First Edition 18
CHAPTER 1. Avian Coccidiosis 20
I. Introduction: Significance of the Avian Coccidia 20
II. Taxonomy and Nomenclature 20
III. Basic Life Cycles 24
IV. The Coccidia of Avian Hosts 34
V. Genetics of Coccidia 58
VI. Host Specificity of Coccidia 60
VII. Site Specificity of Coccidia 63
VIII. Viablility of Coccidial Oocysts 65
IX. Metabolism of Coccidia 66
X. Pathophysiological Changes Induced by Infection with Coccidia 68
XI. Effects of Dose and Frequency of Dosing of Oocysts on Coccidial Disease 71
XII. Effects of Age of Host on Coccidiosis 72
XIII. Effects of Enteric Bacteria and Nutritional Status of the Host on Coccidiosis 72
XIV. Interactions with Viruses 73
XV. Interactions between Species of Eimeria 74
XVI. Immunity against Eimeria Infection 74
XVII. Immunization against Coccidiosis 82
XVIII. Control by Chemotherapy 86
References 94
CHAPTER 2. Coccidia of Mammals 108
I. Introduction 108
II. Life Cycles 109
III. Coccidiosis of Man and Domestic Mammals 114
IV. Ultrastructure and Cell Penetration 123
V. Development in Vitro 128
VI. Immunity 131
VII. Caryosporx Unusual Coccidians 135
VIII. Summary and Conclusions 139
References 140
CHAPTER 3. The Gregarines 152
I. Introduction 152
II. Life Cycle of an Eugregarine and the Different Types of Trophozoites 154
III. Cellular and Molecular Organization of the Different Stages 159
IV. Host–Parasite Interactions: Exuberance of Gregarines 234
V. Schizogony and Taxonomy of Gregarines 247
VI. Conclusion 252
References 255
CHAPTER 4. The Haemogregarinidae and Lankesterellidae 266
I. Introduction 266
II. The Haemogregarinidae 266
III. The Lankesterellidae 280
IV. Concluding Remarks 288
References 289
CHAPTER 5. The Genera Leucocytozoon, Haemoproteus, and Hepatocystis 292
I. Introduction 292
II. The Taxonomy of the Haemosporina/Haemospororida 293
III. Leucocytozoon, Sambon, 1908 294
IV. Haemoproteus, Kruse, 1890 309
V. The Prevalence and Epizootiology of Avian Haematozoa with Special Reference to Leucocytozoon and Haemoproteus 315
VI. Hepatocystis, Levaditi and Schoen, 1932, emend, Garnham, 1951 318
VII. Summary 323
References 324
Index 328
Contents of Future Volumes 344

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.12.2012
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Julius P. Kreier
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Klinische Fächer ► Parasitologie
• ISBN-10: 0-323-13918-3 / 0323139183
• ISBN-13: 978-0-323-13918-2 / 9780323139182