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Trypanosomes and Trypanosomiasis [electronic resource] / edited by Stefan Magez, Magdalena Radwanska.

By: Magez, Stefan [editor.].
Contributor(s): Radwanska, Magdalena [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: X, 294 p. 27 illus., 20 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783709115565.Subject(s): Medicine | Microbiology | Medical parasitology | Emerging infectious diseases | Biomedicine | Parasitology | Medical Microbiology | Infectious DiseasesDDC classification: 616.96 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Tsetse fly biology: where it all starts -- Trypanolytic activity of NHS: a first defense -- Antigenic variation: the answer to host immunity -- Early onset of host immunity: the big unknown -- Myeloid cells: parasite control versus pathology -- Adaptive immunity - T cells: old and new views on defense part I -- Adaptive immunity - B cells: old and new views on defense part II -- Proteomics of trypanosomes: what’s in there -- Diagnosis: when to treat and when not -- Drug design: the past, the present and future -- Nanobody technology: a novel approach to an old fight -- Sodalis as expression system: using the Trojan horse -- Nagana: it’s not all about HAT.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This new volume written by experts in the field of trypanosome research covers every aspect of trypanosome-vector-host biology. It is a must read for basic researchers working with trypanosomes and related organisms, infection and drug development as well as parasitology in a broader sense.
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Tsetse fly biology: where it all starts -- Trypanolytic activity of NHS: a first defense -- Antigenic variation: the answer to host immunity -- Early onset of host immunity: the big unknown -- Myeloid cells: parasite control versus pathology -- Adaptive immunity - T cells: old and new views on defense part I -- Adaptive immunity - B cells: old and new views on defense part II -- Proteomics of trypanosomes: what’s in there -- Diagnosis: when to treat and when not -- Drug design: the past, the present and future -- Nanobody technology: a novel approach to an old fight -- Sodalis as expression system: using the Trojan horse -- Nagana: it’s not all about HAT.

This new volume written by experts in the field of trypanosome research covers every aspect of trypanosome-vector-host biology. It is a must read for basic researchers working with trypanosomes and related organisms, infection and drug development as well as parasitology in a broader sense.

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