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Parasites and infectious disease : discovery by serendipity, and otherwise / Gerald W. Esch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Esch, Gerald W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parasitology.
- Communicable Diseases.
- Parasites.
- Parasitic Diseases.
- Medical Subjects:
- Parasitology.
- Communicable Diseases.
- Parasites.
- Parasitic Diseases.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 355 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- This series of entertaining essays provides a unique insight into some of the key discoveries that have shaped the field of parasitology. Based on interviews with 18 of the world's leading parasitologists and infectious disease epidemiologists, the stories of their contributions to discovery in contemporary parasitology and infectious disease are told. Taken together, the essays represent a beautifully written account of the development of the field and provide a real insight into the thought processes and approaches taken in generating break-through scientific discoveries, ranging from immunology to ecology, and from malaria and trypanosomiasis to schistosomiasis and Lyme disease. Some of these discoveries were made serendipitously and others only after relentless effort pointed to a specific solution. This engaging and lively introduction to discovery in parasitology will be of interest to all those currently working in the field and will also serve to set the scene for future generations of parasitologists.
- Contents:
- Dick Seed 3
- / Keith Vickerman 6
- / Bob Desowitz 9
- / K. Darwin Murrell 12
- / Bill Campbell 18
- / Richard Tinsley 25
- / Sidney and Margaret Ewing 28
- / Don Bundy 37
- / Peter Hotez 42
- / David Rollinson 48
- / John Hawdon 53
- / Mark Honigsbaum 61
- / Roy Anderson 65
- / Steve Nadler 77
- / Jim Oliver 86
- / Pat Lord 95
- / J. P. Dubey 100
- 1 African trypanosomes and their VSGs 108
- 2 Malaria: the real killer 128
- 3 The HIV-AIDS vaccine and the disadvantage of natural selection: the yellow fever vaccine and the advantage of artificial selection 150
- 4 Lyme disease: a classic emerging disease 164
- 5 The discovery of ivermectin: a 'crapshoot', or not? 175
- 6 "You came a long way to see a tree" 188
- 7 Infectious disease and modern epidemiology 203
- 8 The 'unholy trinity' and the geohelminths: an intractable problem? 219
- 9 Hookworm disease: insidious, stealthily treacherous 236
- 10 The spadefoot toad and Pseudodiplorchis americanus: an amazing story of two very aquatic species in a very dry land 254
- 11 The schistosomes: split-bodied flukes 265
- 12 Dicrocoelium dendriticum and Halipegus occidualis: their life cycles and a genius at work 282
- 13 Trichinosis and Trichinella spp. (all eight of them, or is it nine?) 299
- 14 Phylogenetics: a contentious discipline 315
- 15 Toxoplasma gondii, Sarcocystis neurona, and Neospora caninum: the worst of the coccidians? 328.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780521858823
- 0521858828
- 9780521675390
- 0521675391
- OCLC:
- 124025604
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