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Evolutionary Biology Of Parasites Mpb 15 Volume 15
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Author : Peter W. Price
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-31
Evolutionary Biology Of Parasites Mpb 15 Volume 15 written by Peter W. Price and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-31 with Science categories.
In spite of the fact that parasites represent more than half of all living species of plants and animals, their role in the evolution of life on earth has been substantially underestimated. Here, for the first time within an evolutionary and ecological framework, Peter Price integrates the biological attributes that characterize parasites ranging from such diverse groups as viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and fungi, to helminths, mites, insects, and parasitic flowering plants. Synthesizing systematics, ecology, behavioral biology, genetics, and biogeography, the author outlines the success of parasitism as a mode of life, the common features of the wide range of organisms that adopt such a way of life, the reasons for parasites' extraordinary potential for continued adaptive radiation, and their role in molding community structure by means of their impact on the evolution of host species. In demonstrating the importance of parasitic interactions for determining population patterns and geographical distributions, Dr. Price generates further discussion and suggests new areas for research.
Human Parasites
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Author : Heinz Mehlhorn
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-12-17
Human Parasites written by Heinz Mehlhorn and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-17 with Medical categories.
The new edition of this textbook provides an up-to-date overview of the most important parasites in humans and their potential vectors. Climate change and globalization steadily favor the opportunities for parasites to thrive. These challenges call for the latest information on pathogen transmission routes and timely preventive measures. For each parasite, this book offers a concise summary in eleven sections: 1. Naming 2. Geographic distribution and epidemiology 3. Morphology, biology and life cycle 4. Disease symptoms 5. Diagnosis 6. Infection pathways 7. Prophylaxis 8. Incubation period 9. Prepatency 10. Patency 11. Therapeutic options Numerous tables, diagrams and over 200 colorful illustrations highlight the main aspects of parasitic infestations and present suitable control measures. Moreover, 60 questions help to test readers’ theoretical knowledge of the field. Readers can additionally download the free Springer Nature Flashcards App and benefit from the digital study questions. In short, this work is highly recommended for anyone looking to delve into the field of human parasitology. It is intended for students of biology and human medicine, medical doctors, pharmacists and laboratory staff alike. Furthermore, persons who plan to visit or live longer in endemic regions will find essential information on necessary preventive and control measurements.
People Parasites And Plowshares
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Author : Dickson D. Despommier
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2013-07-16
People Parasites And Plowshares written by Dickson D. Despommier and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-16 with Medical categories.
Dickson D. Despommier's vivid, visceral account of the biology, behavior, and history of parasites follows the interplay between these fascinating life forms and human society over thousands of years. Despommier focuses on long-term host-parasite associations, which have evolved to avoid or even subvert the human immune system. Some parasites do great damage to their hosts, while others have signed a kind of "peace treaty" in exchange for their long lives within them. Many parasites also practice clever survival strategies that medical scientists hope to mimic as they search for treatments for Crohn's disease, food allergies, type 1 diabetes, organ transplantation, and other medical challenges. Despommier concentrates on particularly remarkable and often highly pathogenic organisms, describing their lifecycles and the mechanisms they use to avoid elimination. He details their attack and survival plans and the nature of the illnesses they cause in general terms, enabling readers of all backgrounds to steal a glimpse into the secret work of such effective invaders. He also points to the cultural contexts in which these parasites thrive and reviews the current treatments available to defeat them. Encouraging scientists to continue to study these organisms even if their threat is largely contained, Despommier shows how closer dissection of the substances parasites produce to alter our response to them could help unravel some of our most complex medical conundrums.
Parasites
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Author : Megan Kopp
language : en
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
Release Date : 2017-08-01
Parasites written by Megan Kopp and has been published by Weigl Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A parasite lives in or on a plant or animal and takes the energy it needs from it. Parasites feed on living things found at all levels of the food chain. Learn more about parasites and their important role in the food chain in Parasites, a Fascinating Food Chains book.
Evolutionary Ecology Of Parasites
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Author : Robert Poulin
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 1998
Evolutionary Ecology Of Parasites written by Robert Poulin and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Medical categories.
Parasites evolve under selective pressures which are different from those acting on free-living organisms. The aim of this textbook is to present these pressures and to show how they have shaped the ecology of parasites over evolutionary time. Broad theoretical concepts are explained simply and clearly and illustrated throughout with example organisms. The book will be an invaluable text for advanced undergraduate biologists who are studying evolutionary biology, ecology, population biology, parasitology and evoluationary ecology. It will also prove to be a valuable reference to postgraduate students and researchers in the same fields.
Parasites Mnemonics
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Author : JadAllah Alsayed Mahmoud
language : en
Publisher: JadAllah Alsayed Mahmoud
Release Date : 2020-11-07
Parasites Mnemonics written by JadAllah Alsayed Mahmoud and has been published by JadAllah Alsayed Mahmoud this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-07 with Medical categories.
An easy, short and time saving way to remember parasites’ names and treatments, which make a huge trouble for both students and graduated doctors while studying microbiology. It’s brief and enjoyable, so you won’t be bored while studying it. Although some could not like this way, but actually they need it, to keep treatments in minds, unless they use it a lot. It’s summary, so it’s not for USMLE, but it could be the key to overcome names and treatments problem. So it’s good to start with in preparing to medical exams, which could save you time remembering these things. The booklet contains the essential 26 parasites, including protozoans (like Cryptosporidium) and helmints (like Trichuris Trichiura). Enjoy and save study time.
Animal Parasites
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Author : Oliver Wilford Olsen
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 1986-01-01
Animal Parasites written by Oliver Wilford Olsen and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with Science categories.
Unsurpassed, profusely illustrated text details lives, structures of numerous representative parasites of wild and domestic animals of North America. Exercises. Bibliographies.
Parasites In The Tropic A New Paradigm Shift
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Author : Veeranoot Nissapatorn
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2017-07-06
Parasites In The Tropic A New Paradigm Shift written by Veeranoot Nissapatorn and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-06 with Electronic book categories.
The highlight of this eBook is to bring new insights into parasites in the tropic. To achieve that, much has been discussed about risk assessment, infection rates, disease burden, hormones and mechanism of immune response, genetic expression and susceptibility as well as, therapeutic modalities. Authors raised hypothesis, discuss concepts, and show open questions. The remaining important issues to resolve questions within parasites in the tropic – a new paradigm shift are briefly discussed below. T. gondii, feline as the definitive host, is regarded as one of the most important parasites in the tropic. Human, as an accidental host, is the only species who still drinks raw milk or milk products particularly from animal sources. Based on the first paper, the author simplifies on how safe to drink milk to prevent the transmission of T. gondii by the insistence on heat treated milk before consumption. It is interesting to explore how hormone plays its role in Toxoplasma infection. Based on the second paper, the authors elucidated from thirty studies from humans, animals and cell cultures. Of these, it was shown that Toxoplasma infection was controlled by the presence of hormones found in different animal models. However, it is still premature to conclude which hormone that has a significant relationship with Toxoplasma infection. It estimates that one-third of the world population infected with T. gondii but the majority are asymptomatic. Based on the third paper, it demonstrated that people having low prevalent of Toxoplasma infection by having close contact with animals. This study will enhance positive attitudes for more people to be committed towards helping animals. For more than three decades, T. gondii has since been identified as one of the most important opportunistic parasitic pathogens in immunocompromised. Seroprevalence of chronic toxoplasmosis was detected in at least one-third of HIV-infected individuals in the regional hospital of southern Thailand, as reported from the fourth paper. Thailand has successfully formulated anti-retroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS patients and as a result reported a rare incidence of AIDS-related cerebral toxoplasmosis (CT) in this setting. Based on the fifth paper, the authors demonstrated low IL-10 (Th2 response) and IFN-γ (Th1 response) as well as high TNF-α were produced in ocular and cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients. This might be due to South American strains and/or the genetic susceptibility of the host. Due to high genetic diversity of T. gondii in Brazil, the sixth paper demonstrated that Calomys callosus survived chronically infected by T. gondii clonal type II strain and reinfected by Brazilian strains. However, congenital toxoplasmosis occurred leading to damaging effects of the developing fetus. The seventh paper conducted a questionnaire-based study on knowledge and practice on Toxoplasma infection among pregnant women from Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. It clearly demonstrated that health education, a core value, is the cheapest and the best option to envisage the preventive strategies of feto-maternal toxoplasmosis from this region. For treatment modality of congenital toxoplasmosis, a novel experimental therapeutic synergism of diclazuril plus atovaquone combination shows a promising outcome with no toxicity in treating this condition, as demonstrated in the eighth paper. However, it warrants for future trials to prove its properties against T. gondii in different clinical scenarios of human toxoplasmosis for more effective therapeutic regimens. In the ninth paper, the author discussed the pathogenesis of maternal and congenital toxoplasmosis, the current treatment in clinical practice, and the experimental treatment approaches for promising future trials. Overall, this protozoan represents the most extraordinary example of parasite in the tropic and beyond scientific imagination. Hence, there are still many challenges ahead and waiting for more explorations on T. gondii, the parasite that never dies. Based on the findings from the tenth paper, it is interesting to identify common gene targets between Glossina p. gambiensis and Glossina m. morsitans that might shed some lights as a suitable candidate for controlling both acute and chronic forms of sleeping sickness. This therefore requires further investigations using proteomic analysis to ascertain the corresponding genes and its proteins as well as functional role that may help the search for more novel therapeutic agents.
Parasites People And Places
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Author : Gerald W. Esch
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-02-12
Parasites People And Places written by Gerald W. Esch and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-12 with Medical categories.
Professor Gerald W. Esch, one of the world's leading ecological parasitologists, presents a series of essays on classic examples of field parasitology. The essays focus on the significance of the work and its contribution to the field but also on the people and, particularly, the sites at which the work took place. Taken together, they represent a beautifully written account of the development of an entire field of scientific endeavor spanning a period of 50 years or more. While the essays are not meant to be academic in a scientific sense, they contain a great deal of science. The book will be of great value to all parasitologists and ecologists, but also to anyone interested in how biological field work is carried out and how it contributes to greater understanding of the natural world.
Biochemistry Of Parasites
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Author : Theodor Von Brand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Biochemistry Of Parasites written by Theodor Von Brand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Medical categories.
Inorganic susbtances. Carbohydrates I. Distribution and nature of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates II. Metabolism of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates III. Host-parasite carbohydrate relationships. Lipids. Proteins. Nucleic acids. Vitamins. Respiration.