Malaria biology in the era of eradication : a subject collection from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

"Malaria affects hundreds of millions of people every year, killing several hundred thousand. This book examines the biology of the Plasmodium parasites responsible, the way the disease is transmitted via mosquitos, and current approaches to vaccination and treatment"--

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Weitere Verfasser: Wirth, Dyann Fergus (HerausgeberIn), Alonso, Pedro L. (HerausgeberIn), Alonso, Pedro Luis (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cold Spring Harbor, New York Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2017
Schriftenreihe:Cold Spring Harbour perspectives in medicine
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Zusammenfassung:"Malaria affects hundreds of millions of people every year, killing several hundred thousand. This book examines the biology of the Plasmodium parasites responsible, the way the disease is transmitted via mosquitos, and current approaches to vaccination and treatment"--
"Malaria affects hundreds of millions of people every year, killing several hundred thousand. This book examines the biology of the Plasmodium parasites responsible, the way the disease is transmitted via mosquitos, and current approaches to vaccination and treatment. Highlights include: - Malaria Epigenetics - Biology of Malaria Transmission - New approaches to vaccine discovery - Current and Future Prospects for Preventing Malaria Transmission Via the Use of Insecticides"--
Machine generated contents note: -- (preliminary) -- Preface -- Biology of Malaria Transmission -- Elamaran Meibalan & Matthias Marti -- Malaria Modeling in the Era of Eradication -- Thomas A. Smith, Nakul Chitnis, Melissa Penny, and Marcel Tanner -- Sporozoite Biology -- Kai Matuschweski & Friedrich Frischknecht -- Malaria Parasite Liver Infection and Exo-Erythrocytic Biology -- Ashley M. Vaughan and Stefan H.I. Kappe -- Cell Tropism & Adaptation -- Manoj Durasingh & Aditya Paul -- Invasion and Red Cells -- Chetan Chitnis & Shailja Singh -- Gametocytes and Transmission -- Chris Drakeley and Tuen Bousema -- Malaria Epigenetics -- Alfred Cortés and Kirk W. Deitsch -- Systems Biology -- Manuel Llinas -- Genomics -- Dan Neafsey and Sarah Volkman -- Malaria and Pregnancy -- Patrick Duffy -- Malaria Pathogenesis -- Dan Milner -- Immune Responses in Malaria -- Carole A. Long and Fidel Zavala -- Plasmodium vivax -- John Adams and Ivo Mueller -- Mating and reproduction -- Flaminia Catteruccia -- Ecology and Environment -- Marcia de Castro -- Drug Resistance -- Didier Menard and Arjen Dondorp -- Vaccines -- David Kaslow and Ashley Birkett -- New approaches to vaccine discovery -- Lee Hall -- Modern vector control -- Frank Collins -- Current and Future Prospects for Preventing Malaria Transmission Via the Use of Insecticides -- Hillary Ranson -- Index
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:viii, 312 Seiten
Illustrationen, Diagramme
26 cm
ISBN:9781621821229
978-1-62182-122-9