Overview
First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. 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 control of human parasitic diseases and global mapping of infectious diseases.
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Author: David Rollinson (Merit Research Scientist, The Natural History Museum, London, UK)
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Edition: 82nd edition
Volume: 82
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.710kg
ISBN: 9780124077065
ISBN 10: 0124077064
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 23 April 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
"Recent Developments in Blastocystis Research C. Graham Clark, Mark van der Giezen, Mohammed Alfellani, C. Rune Stensvold Tradition and Transition: Parasitic Zoonoses of People and Animals in Alaska, Northern Canada, and Greenland Emily J. Jenkins, Louisa J. Castrodale, Simone J.C. de Rosemond, Brent R. Dixon, Stacey A. Elmore, Karen M. Gesy, Eric P. Hoberg, Lydden Polley, Janna M. Schurer, Manon Simard, R.C. Andrew Thompson The Malaria Transition on the Arabian Peninsula: Progress toward a Malaria Free Region 1960-2010 Robert W. Snow, Punam Amratia, Ghasem Zamani, Clara W. Mundia, Abdisalan M. Noor, Hoda Atta Microsporidia and ""The Art of Living Together"" Jirí Vávra and Julius Lukeš Patterns and Processes in Parasite Co-Infection Mark E. Viney and Andrea L. Graham"
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
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
Author Information
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. David 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.
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