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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Herbert B. Tanowitz (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA) , Louis M. Weiss (Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, NY, USA) , Louis V KirchhoffPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Imprint: Academic Press Inc Volume: 75 Weight: 0.750kg ISBN: 9780123858634ISBN 10: 0123858631 Pages: 390 Publication Date: 18 August 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of Contents1 Epidemiology,Control Measures & Population Biology louis Kirchhoff 2 Acute and Congenital Chagas Diseases Caryn Bern 5 Cell Based Therapy in Chagas Disease Campos de Carvalho 6 Therapy Targeting Trypanosoma cruzi sterol 14 alpha-demethylase Galina Lepsheva, Fernando Villata & Micheal Waterman 7 Experimental Chemotherapy Federick bruckner 8 Vaccines for Chagas Diseases Nisha Garg 9 Population Genetics of Chagas Disease Blangero 10 Triatomine Biology Steve Klotz 13 Animal Models and Imaging Herbert Tanowitz & Linda Jelicks 14 The Genome and its Implications Santuza Teixeira 15 Genetic Techniques in Trypanosoma cruzi John Kelly, Martin Taylor & Huan Huang 16 Nuclear Structure Sergio Scehnkman 17 Stage Differentiation Samuel Goldenberg 18 Acidocalcisome Roberto Delcampo 19 Signaling Pathways in Trypanosoma cruzi Huan Huang 20 Ecosanoids in Trypanosoma cruzi infection Anthony Ashton, Fabiana Machado & herbert tanowitz 22 Effects of Trypanosoma cruzi on its Host Cells and Invasion Babara Burleigh 23 Gap Junctions and Trypanosoma cruzi David Spray 24 Vasculopathy of Trypanosoma cruzi infection Herbert Tanowitz 21 Bradykinin& Endothelin and Vasculopathy Scharfstein & marcus Rossi 25 Autoimmunity Edecio Cunha-Neto 26 Oxidative stress and Chagas disease Nisha Garg 27 Inflammation in Chagas disease Mauro Teixeira 28 Parasite Derived Neurotrophic Factors Mercio Pereira-Perrin 29 Adipose tissue, Diabetes and Chagas Disease Herbert Tanowitz, FNU Nagayothi & Phillip Scherer 30 Epilogue:The Next 100 Years Herbert Tanowitz, Louis Weiss & Louis KirchhoffReviewsOne 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 InformationLouis M. Weiss M.D., M.P.H is Professor of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases) and Professor of Pathology (Division of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine) of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. Dr. Weiss received his M.D. and M.P.H degrees from the Johns Hopkins University in 1982. He then completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Following this fellowship, he joined the faculty at Einstein where he is currently a Professor of Pathology and Medicine. His laboratory group has an active research program on parasitic diseases with a research focus on Toxoplasma gondii, the Microsporidia and Trypanosoma cruzi. Dr. Weiss is the author of over 200 publications and the editor of 3 books on parasitology. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, Infectious Disease Society of America and the American Academy of Microbiology. Dr. Weiss is the Co-Director of the Einstein Global Health Center. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |