Title: Molecular approaches to parasitology /
Authors: Boothroyd, John C.; Komuniecki, Richard
Publisher: Wiley-Liss,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Molecular parasitology; Parasites physiology; Parasitic Diseases immunology; Host-Parasite Interactions physiology
Contents: Host-parasite interaction -- Systematics: questions and approaches for the molecular parasitologist -- Molecular mechanisms of invasion by Ancylostoma hookworms -- Antigenic variation in Giardia lamblia -- Lymphoproliferation caused by Theileria parva and Theileria annulata -- Biological functions of nematode surfaces -- Filariasis: the role of chitinase in larval development and transmission -- Metabolism and drug action -- Invermectin -- Aerobic-anaerobic transitions in energy metabolism during the development of the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum.