Toxocara : the enigmatic parasite / edited by Celia V. Holland, Department of Zoology, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland and Huw V. Smith, Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006Copyright date: 2006Description: 1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Toxocara
- Toxocariasis -- etiology
- Toxocara -- pathogenicity
- Larva migrans, Visceral
- Health Economics, (New March 2000)
- Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000)
- Human Immunology and Allergology, (New March 2000)
- Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000)
- Animal Models of Human Diseases, (New March 2000)
- Physiology and Biochemistry (Wild Animals), (New March 2000)
- Man
- Toxocara
- Animal models
- Asthma
- Brain
- Brain diseases
- Clinical aspects
- Disease models
- Economic evaluation
- Economic impact
- Epidemiology
- Human diseases
- Immunology
- Molecular biology
- Public health
- Toxocariasis
- Veterinary parasitology
- Zoonoses
- EE118
- LL822
- VV055
- VV220
- VV400
- YY400
- 616.9/59 23
- RC121.A8 T69 2006eb
This book contains 19 chapters focusing on Toxocara and the disease it causes known as toxocariasis. The chapters are divided into the following parts: molecular biology (3 chapters); Toxocara as a model system (2); animal models for toxocariasis (1); human disease (4); immunology of toxocariasis (2); epidemiology of toxocariasis (3); Toxocara in the veterinary context (3); economic impact of the disease (1). It will interest a wide range of general, veterinary and medical parasitologists as well as clinicians and those concerned with public health.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Molecular Biology and Immunology of Toxocara canis / Rick M. Maizels, Irma Schabussova, Deborah M. Callister and Gavin Nicoll -- Molecular Genetic Characterization of Members of the Genus Toxocara : Taxonomic, Population Genetic and Epidemiological Considerations / Robin B. Gasser, Xing-Quan Zhu, Min Hu, Dennis E. Jacobs and Neil B. Chilton -- The Larval Surface / Malcolm W. Kennedy -- Toxocara and Asthma / Elena Pinelli, Jan Dormans and Irma van Die -- The Significance of Cerebral Toxocariasis / Celia V. Holland and Clare Hamilton -- Critical Assessment of Existing and Novel Model Systems of Toxocariasis / Nobuaki Akao -- Diagnostic Limitations and Future Trends in the Serodiagnosis of Human Toxocariasis / Huw Smith and Rahmah Noordin -- Management and Treatment Options for Human Toxocariasis / Jean-François Magnaval and Lawrence T. Glickman -- Ocular Toxocariasis / Mervyn R.H. Taylor -- Toxocariasis and the Skin / Renaud Piarroux, Béatrice Gavignet, Stéphanie Hierso and Philippe Humbert -- Inflammatory and Immunological Responses to Toxocara canis / Stephen G. Kayes -- Novel Approaches to Immunoprophylaxis for Toxocariasis / Gabriela Hrc̆ková -- Epidemiological Surveillance of Toxocara and Toxocariasis / John W. Lewis -- Exposure and Environmental Contamination / Hanna Mizgajska-Wiktor and Shoji Uga -- Baylisascariasis : an Emerging and Potentially Fatal Form of Larval Migrans / Corey S. Watts, Jennifer L. Liang and Peter M. Schantz -- Current and Future Options for the Prevention and Treatment of Canids / Christian Epe -- Toxocariasis : the Veterinarian's Role in Prevention of Zoonotic Transmission / Peter M. Schantz -- Toxocara vitulorum in Livestock / Wilma A. Starke-Buzetti -- Economic Impact of Toxocara spp. / Paul R. Torgerson and Christine M. Budke.
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