Opportunistic Infections Toxoplasma, Sarcocystis, and Microsporidia

Opportunistic Infections Toxoplasma, Sarcocystis, and Microsporidia / edited by David S. Lindsay, Louis M. Weiss.

Opportunistic Infections: Toxoplasma, Sarcocystis, and Microsporidia will focus on two important Genera of Apicomplexan parasites, Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis species, and the medically important members of the Phylum Microsporida. We have been fortunate in obtaining excellent contributions fr...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lindsay, David S. (Editor), Weiss, Louis M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
Edition:1st ed. 2004.
Series:World Class Parasites, 9
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Parasitology.
Animal anatomy.
Infectious diseases.
Food—Biotechnology.
Medical microbiology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Biology of Toxoplasma Gondii in Cast and Other Animals
  • Proteases as potential targets for blocking Toxoplasma gondii invasion and replication
  • Targeting the toxoplasma gondii apicoplast for chemotherapy
  • Factors determining resistance and susceptibility to infection with Toxoplasma gondii
  • Immune Response to Toxoplasma Gondii in the Central Nervous System
  • Developmental stage conversion: Insights and possibilities
  • Sarcocystis of humans
  • Zoonotic microsporidia from animals and arthropods with a discussion of human infections
  • Insights into the Immune Responses to Microsporidia
  • Chemotherapy of microsporidiosis: Benzimidazoles, fumagillin and polyamine analogues
  • Phylogenetics: Taxonomy and the microsporidia as derived fungi
  • The microsporidia genome: Living with minimal genes as an intracellular eukaryote.

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