This volume summarizes current research into the physiology and molecular biology of host-parasite interactions. Brought together by leading international experts in the field, the first section outlines fundamental processes, followed by specific examples in the concluding section. Covering a wide range of organisms, Host-Parasite Interactions is essential reading for researchers in the field.
Author(s): Gert Flik, Geert Wiegertjes
Series: Experimental Biology Reviews
Edition: 1
Publisher: BIOS Scientific Publ
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 281
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 7
Abbreviations......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1 Structural and physiological aspects of cell death......Page 15
2 The role of apoptosis in non-mammalian host-parasite relationships......Page 27
3 Thionine-positive cells in relation to parasites......Page 60
4 Animal models for the study of innate immunity: protozoan infections in fish......Page 83
5 The pathophysiology of salmonid cryptobiosis and Glossmrf-transmitted mammalian trypanosomiasis in livestock......Page 109
6 The biology of parasites from the genus Argulus and a review of the interactions with its host......Page 124
7 Interactions between sea lice and their hosts......Page 149
8 Interactive associations between fish hosts and monogeneans......Page 179
9 Comparative aspects of the tick-host relationship: immunobiology, genomics and proteomics......Page 204
10 Avian coccidiosis: a disturbed host-parasite relationship to be restored......Page 230
11 Conclusions......Page 262
Index......Page 266
