Toxocara : the enigmatic parasite /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Holland, Celia (Editor), Smith, H. V. (Huw V.) (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
Subjects:	Larva migrans, Visceral. Toxocara. Toxocara > pathogenicity. Toxocariasis > etiology. Animal Models of Human Diseases, (New March 2000) Health Economics, (New March 2000) Human Immunology and Allergology, (New March 2000) Physiology and Biochemistry (Wild Animals), (New March 2000) Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000) Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000) Animal models. Asthma. Brain diseases. Brain. Clinical aspects. Disease models. Economic evaluation. Economic impact. Epidemiology. Human diseases. Immunology. Man. Molecular biology. Public health. Toxocariasis. Veterinary parasitology. Zoonoses. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Molecular Biology and Immunology of Toxocara canis / Rick M. Maizels, Irma Schabussova, Deborah M. Callister and Gavin Nicoll
Molecular Genetic Characterization of Members of the Genus Toxocara : Taxonomic, Population Genetic and Epidemiological Considerations / Robin B. Gasser, Xing-Quan Zhu, Min Hu, Dennis E. Jacobs and Neil B. Chilton
The Larval Surface / Malcolm W. Kennedy
Toxocara and Asthma / Elena Pinelli, Jan Dormans and Irma van Die
The Significance of Cerebral Toxocariasis / Celia V. Holland and Clare Hamilton
Critical Assessment of Existing and Novel Model Systems of Toxocariasis / Nobuaki Akao
Diagnostic Limitations and Future Trends in the Serodiagnosis of Human Toxocariasis / Huw Smith and Rahmah Noordin
Management and Treatment Options for Human Toxocariasis / Jean-François Magnaval and Lawrence T. Glickman
Ocular Toxocariasis / Mervyn R.H. Taylor
Toxocariasis and the Skin / Renaud Piarroux, Béatrice Gavignet, Stéphanie Hierso and Philippe Humbert
Inflammatory and Immunological Responses to Toxocara canis / Stephen G. Kayes
Novel Approaches to Immunoprophylaxis for Toxocariasis / Gabriela Hrc̆ková
Epidemiological Surveillance of Toxocara and Toxocariasis / John W. Lewis
Exposure and Environmental Contamination / Hanna Mizgajska-Wiktor and Shoji Uga
Baylisascariasis : an Emerging and Potentially Fatal Form of Larval Migrans / Corey S. Watts, Jennifer L. Liang and Peter M. Schantz
Current and Future Options for the Prevention and Treatment of Canids / Christian Epe
Toxocariasis : the Veterinarian's Role in Prevention of Zoonotic Transmission / Peter M. Schantz
Toxocara vitulorum in Livestock / Wilma A. Starke-Buzetti
Economic Impact of Toxocara spp. / Paul R. Torgerson and Christine M. Budke.