Parasitic Flatworms: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology and Physiology

Hardback  480 pages  ISBN 0851990274      £85.00

Readership: Researchers in parasitology, immunology and infectious diseases

Contents

Part I: Phylogeny, Genetics and Transcriptomes

• The Evolution of Parasitism in Flatworms, D T J Littlewood, Natural History Museum, UK
• Genomes and Genomics of Parasitic Flatworms, D A Johnston, Natural History Museum, UK
• Genetic Discrimination of Echinococcus Species and Strains, D P McManus, University of Queensland, Australia
• Ribosomal DNA Variation in Parasitic Flatworms, D Blair, James Cook University, Australia
• Genetic Studies on Monogeneas with Emphasis on Gyrodactylus, C O Cunningham and I Matejusová, FRS Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, UK
• The Schistosome Transcriptome, S Verjovski-Almeida and R DeMarco, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Transgenic Flatworms, C G Grevelding, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany

• Immunobiology of Schistosomes, S G Forrester, University of Ontario, Canada and E J Pearce, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Cestode Infection: Immunological Considerations From Host and Tapeworm Perspectives, D M McKay, McMaster University, and R A Webb, York University, Canada
• Parasitic Flatworms: Signal Transduction at the Host-Parasite Interface, T P Yoshino, J J Vermeire and J Humphries, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
• Parasite Effects on the Snail Host Transcriptome, M Knight and N Raghavan, Biomedical Research Institute, USA
• Developments in the chemotherapy of parasitic flatworms, G C Coles, University of Bristol, UK
• Drug Resistance in Schistosomes, T A Day, Iowa State University, USA and S Botros, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Egypt
• Praziquantel: Mechanism of Action, R M Greenberg, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA
• Cestode Vaccine Development, M W Lightowlers, University of Melbourne, Australia
• The Development of a Schistosome Vaccine, R A Wilson and P S Coulson, University of York, UK

• Flatworm Parasite Proteomics, R M Morphew, J Barrett and P M Brophy, University of Wales, UK
• Proteases in Trematode Biology, J P Dalton, University of Technology, Australia, C R Caffrey, M Sajid, University of California, USA, C Stack, S Donnelly, University of Technology, Australia, A Loukas, T Don, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, J McKerrow, University of California, USA, D W Halton, Queen€s University Belfast, UK and P J Brindley, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, USA
• Signalling Molecules and Nerve-Muscle Function, A G Maule, N J Marks and T A Day
• Unusual Aspects of Metabolism in Flatworm Parasites, A G M Tielens and J J van Hellemond, Utrecht University, Netherlands
• Glycoconjugate Structures, M Wuhrer, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands and R Geyer, University of Giessen, Germany
• Gene Silencing in Flatworms using RNA interference, P J Skelly, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, USA