Advances in Parasitology: Volume 97 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128115580 ISBN 13: 9780128115589

Publisher: Academic Press, 2017

Synopsis

Advances in Parasitology informs and updates on the latest developments in the field of parasitology. It covers topics such as Chagas Disease Diagnostic Applications, The Role of Spatial Statistics in the Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Host-Parasite Relationships and Life Histories of Trypanosomes in Australia. The series includes medical studies of parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and trypanosomes, as well as reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history, which help to shape current thinking and applications.

About this title

Review:

This seminal reference provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology

About the Author:

Professor David Rollinson is a Merit Research Scientist at the Natural History Museum in London, where he leads a research team in the Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories and directs the WHO Collaborating Centre for schistosomiasis. He has had a long fascination with parasites and the diseases that they cause, this has involved him in many overseas projects especially in Africa. He is on the WHO Expert Advisory Panel of parasitic diseases, the editor of Advances in Parasitology and a former President of the World Federation of Parasitologists. His research group uses a multidisciplinary approach, which combines detailed molecular studies in the laboratory with ongoing collaborative studies in endemic areas of disease, to explore the intriguing world of parasites in order to help control and eliminate parasitic diseases.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0128115580
• ISBN 13: 9780128115589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 338
• Editor: Rollinson David