Author | Trager, William. author |
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Title | Living Together [electronic resource] : The Biology of Animal Parasitism / by William Trager |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1986 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9465-9 |
Descript | 480 p. online resource |
1. Introduction -- 2. The Establishment of Infection -- 3. Site Selection within the Host: Entry into Specific Organs and Cells -- 4. The Host-Parasite Interface I: In Extracellular Parasites -- 5. The Host-Parasite Interface II: In Intracellular Parasites (Protozoa and the Nematode Trichinella spiralis) -- 6. The Uptake of Nutrients. Digestion -- 7. Nutritional Requirements -- 8. Cultivation of Parasites in Vitro with Special Reference to Differentiation in the Life Cycle -- 9. Metabolism: Energy Sources. Respiration -- 10. Genetics. Developmental Biology -- 11. The Kinetoplast and Kinetoplast DNA -- 12. Parasite-Induced Modifications of the Host: Growth Factors. Effects on Behavior. Parasitic Castration -- 13. Modification of Host Cells Produced by Intracellular Protozoa -- 14. Innate Resistance -- 15. The Spleen -- 16. Immunity in Invertebrates -- 17. The Immune System of Vertebrates in Relation to Parasitic Infections -- 18. Immune Reactions to Trypanosomes and How They Are Evaded. Ablastin. Antigenic Variation -- 19. Immunity to Malaria and Related Intracellular Protozoa -- 20. Immunology of Leishmaniasis and American Trypanosomiasis (Chagasโ Disease) -- 21. Schistosomiasis and Concomitant Immunity -- 22. Entamoeba histolytica and Other Intestinal Protozoa. Pathogenesis and Immunology -- 23. Acquired Immunity to Intestinal Nematodes and to Ticks -- 24. Symbiosis -- 25. Chemotherapy -- 26. Ecology and Population Biology of Parasites. Sanitation and Vector Control -- Epilogue -- Taxonomic Index to the Parasites and Vectors Considered