Trypanosomes and Trypanosomiasis

Herausgegeben:Magez, Stefan; Radwanska, Magdalena

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new volume written by experts in the field of trypanosome research covers every aspect of trypanosome-vector-host biology. It is a must read for basic researchers working with trypanosomes and related organisms, infection and drug development as well as parasitology in a broader sense.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Vienna / Springer, Wien
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 86153440, 978-3-7091-1555-8
• 2014
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9783709115558
• ISBN-10: 3709115558
• Artikelnr.: 37036052

Autorenporträt

Stefan Magez VIB Department of Structural Biology Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Immunology Building E8.01 Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

Inhaltsangabe

Tsetse fly biology: where it all starts.- Trypanolytic activity of NHS: a first defense.- Antigenic variation: the answer to host immunity.- Early onset of host immunity: the big unknown.- Myeloid cells: parasite control versus pathology.- Adaptive immunity - T cells: old and new views on defense part I.- Adaptive immunity - B cells: old and new views on defense part II.- Proteomics of trypanosomes: what's in there.- Diagnosis: when to treat and when not.- Drug design: the past, the present and future.- Nanobody technology: a novel approach to an old fight.- Sodalis as expression system: using the Trojan horse.- Nagana: it's not all about HAT.