Trypanosomes and Trypanosomiasis

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.

List of 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.

About the author

Stefan Magez VIB Department of Structural Biology Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Immunology Building E8.01 Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

Summary

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. ​

Product details

• Assisted by: Stefa Magez (Editor), Stefan Magez (Editor), Radwanska (Editor), Radwanska (Editor), Magdalena Radwanska (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Wien
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783709148433
• ISBN: 978-3-7091-4843-3
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 16 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 464 g
• Illustrations: X, 294 p. 27 illus., 20 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; B, INTERNAL MEDICINE, Infectious & contagious diseases, Medical microbiology & virology, infectious diseases, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Medical Microbiology, Parasitology