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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Farrell, J. (Jay)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Mass. : Kluwer Academic Pub., [2002]
Series:World class parasites ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Leishmaniasis.
Leishmania.
Table of Contents:
  • Current status of epidemiology of leishmaniases
  • New world leishmaniasis: the ecology of leishmaniasis and the diversity of leishmanial species in Central and South America
  • Phlebotomine sand flies: biology and control
  • Canine reservoirs and leishmaniasis: epidemiology and disease
  • The journey of Leishmania parasites within the digestive tract of phlebotomine sand flies
  • Membrane transport and metabolism in Leishmania parasites
  • The interaction of Leishmania SPP. with phagocytic receptors on macrophages: the role of serum opsonins
  • Leishmania infection and macrophage function
  • Clinical and laboratory aspects of Leishmania chemotherapy in the era of drug resistance
  • The immunology of visceral leishmaniasis: current status
  • The immunology of cutaneous leishmaniasis: experimental infections and human disease
  • Anti-leishmania vaccine.