Advances in Parasitology (Volume 53) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0120317532 ISBN 13: 9780120317530

Publisher: Academic Press, 2003

Synopsis

First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. Now edited by J.R. Baker, R. Muller, and D. Rollinson, and supported by an international editorial board, Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on parasites of major influence, such as typanosomiasis and scabies, and reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history. Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on such topics as Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems in Epidemiology.

* Second in the ISI Parasitology List in 2001
* Enjoys an Impact Factor of 4.097
* Series encompasses over 35 years of parasitology coverage

About this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0120317532
• ISBN 13: 9780120317530
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 218
• Editor: Baker John R., Muller Ralph, Rollinson David