Progress in parasitology
Parasites threaten the health of animals and humans alike. Especially in times of increasing globalization and global warming, parasites can enlarge their 'kingdom' by spreading. At the same time many of the existing medical products have become ineffective. As these products have been used for many decades, parasites have developed resistances, so that they have progressed in their fight for survival. Therefore it is obvious that humans must develop new methods to face these dangers. Thus para…
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- Full title :Progress in parasitology / Heinz Mehlhorn, editor.
Summary
Parasites threaten the health of animals and humans alike. Especially in times of increasing globalization and global warming, parasites can enlarge their 'kingdom' by spreading. At the same time many of the existing medical products have become ineffective. As these products have been used for many decades, parasites have developed resistances, so that they have progressed in their fight for survival. Therefore it is obvious that humans must develop new methods to face these dangers. Thus parasitological knowledge increases daily and must be formulated to be accessible for as many parasitolog.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
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- Publisher(s):Springer
- Place of Publication:Heidelberg
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
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- Description:xiv, 336 pages : : illustrations.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9783642213953, 3642213952, 9783642213960, 3642213960, 9783642270796, 3642270794
- oclc:ocn733247069
- LC Classification:QL757
- Dewey Decimal:616.9/6
Table of Contents
50 years German Society of Parasitology (DGP) (1961-2010) / Johannes Eckert -- Parasitology of the German Democratic Republic (1961-1990) : memories of a time witness / Theodor Hiepe -- Parasites and their world records in their fight for survival / Heinz Mehlhorn -- Cryptosporidium parvum : the veterinary perspective / Arwid Daugschies -- Neonatal porcine coccidiosis / Hanna Lucia Worliczek and Anja Joachim -- Post-translational modifications in apicomplexan parasites / Esther Jortzik, Sebastian Kehr, and Katja Becker -- Development of the RTS, S/AS vaccine candidate from concept to phase III / Joe Cohen [and others] -- Small ruminant theileriosis / Jabbar Ahmed [and others] -- Interactions of Trypanosoma cruzi and triatomines / Günter A. Schaub, Christian K. Meiser, and Carsten Balczun -- Sex in schistosomes -- signaling mechanisms in the female gonads / Svenja Beckmann [and others] -- Anisakid nematode (Ascaridoidea) life cycles and distribution : increasing zoonotic potential in the time of climate change? / Sven Klimpel and Harry W. Palm -- Fish parasites as biological indicators in a changing world : can we monitor environmental impact and climate change? / Harry W. Palm -- …
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