Opportunistic infections : Toxoplasma, Sarcocystis, and Microsporidia /

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Opportunistic infections (Print)
Other Authors: Lindsay, David S., 1955-, Weiss, Louis M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2004]
Series:World class parasites ; 9.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Biology of Toxoplasma gondii in cats and other animals
  • Proteases as potential targets for blocking Toxoplasma gondii invasion and replication
  • Targeting the Toxoplasma gondii apicoplast for chemotherapy
  • Factors determining resistance and susceptibility to infection with Toxoplasma gondii
  • Immune responses to Toxoplasma gondii in the central nervous system
  • Developmental stage conversion : insights and possibilities
  • Sarcocystis of humans
  • Zoonotic Microporidia from animals and arthropods with a discussion of human infections
  • Insights into the immune responses to Microsporidia
  • Chemotherapy of Microsporidiosis : benzimidazoles, fumagillin and polyamine analogues
  • Phylogenetics : taxonomy and the Microsporidia as derived fungi
  • The Microsporidia genome : living with minimal genes as an intracellular eukaryote