Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasma gondii is an important parasite causing economic losses in agriculture, congenital abnormalities in man and fatal disease in immunosuppressed individuals. Recently there has been a resurgence of interest in the parasite. This is partially due to the increased clinical importance of toxoplasmosis: the disease kills 25 % of AIDS patients. However, hit is also because the parasite provides a tractable model system for molecular, cellular and immunological investigation of intracellular parasites. The book is divided into four sections: three basic science sections on molecular biology, cell biology, and immunology of toxoplasmosis, with a final section reviewing applied issues such as vaccination, chemotherapy, and diagnosis.

Product details

• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1993
• EAN: 9783540573050
• ISBN: 978-3-540-57305-0
• No. of pages: 258
• Weight: 530 g
• Illustrations: w. 45 figs. (some col.)
• Series: NATO ASI Series H Cell Biology