Genetics of Host and Parasite: Implications for Immunity, Epidemiology and Evolution

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-521-58936-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 112, 93 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 320 g

Reihe: Parasitology

This collection of articles, edited by D. Wakelin and D. Walliker include: Genetic variability in parasites and host-parasite interactions; Host genetics and infectious disease; T cell and cytokine basis of host variability in response to intestinal nematode infections; The role of MHC- and non-MHC-associated genes in determining the human immune response to malaria antigens; Influence of host and parasite genotypes on immunological control of Theileria parasites; Genetic susceptibility to leishmanial infections: studies in mice and man; Genetic susceptibility to malaria and other infectious diseases: from MHC to the whole genome. This volume is the specially commissioned supplement to the journal Parasitology, volume 112.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walliker, D.

Wakelin, D.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinische Parasitologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface D. Wakelin and D. Walliker; 1. Genetic variability in parasites and host-parasite interactions R. C. A. Thompson and A. J. Lymbary; 2. Host genetics and infectious disease D. J. Weatherall; 3. T cell and cytokine basis of host variability in response to intestinal nematode infections R. K. Grencis; 4. The role of MHC- and non-MHC-associated genes in determining the human immune response to malaria antigens E. M. Riley; 5. Influence of host and parasite genotypes on immunological control of Theileria parasites W. I. Morrison; 6. Genetic susceptibility to leishmanial infections: studies in mice and men J. M. Blackwell; 7. Genetic susceptibility to malaria and other infectious diseases: from MHC to the whole genome A. V. S. Hill; Concluding remarks B. C. Clarke.