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Cytopathology of parasitic disease / organized by the Ciba Foundation, London, U.K., in partnership with the Centro Médico Docente La Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Symposium on Cytopathology of Parasitic Disease (1982 : Caracas, Venezuela)
- Series:
- Ciba Foundation symposium ; 99.
- Ciba Foundation symposium ; 99
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parasitic diseases--Congresses.
- Parasitic diseases.
- Pathology--Congresses.
- Pathology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pitman, 1983.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.
- Contents:
- Cytopathology of parasitic disease; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Interactions between Entamoeba histolytica, bacteria and intestinal cells; Discussion; Trypanosoma cruzifibroblastic cell interactions necessary for cellular invasion; Discussion; Host and parasite factors affecting the invasion of mononuclear phagocytes by Trypanosoma cruzi; Discussion; Toxoplasma gondii: use of mutants to study the host-parasite relationship; Discussion; Oxidative response of phagocytes to parasite invasion; Discussion; Cell biology of host-parasite membrane interactions in leishmaniasis; Discussion
- Leishmanial excreted factors and their possible biological roleDiscussion; Factors influencing the host response to Leishmania mexicana; Discussion; Host and parasite factors influencing the expression of cutaneous leishmaniasis; Discussion; Regulation of fibroblast functions by products of schistosomal egg granulomas: potential role in the pathogenesis of hepatic fibrosis; Discussion; GENERAL DISCUSSION Entry of sporozoites of Theileria into bovine lymphocytes; Mechanisms of myocardial damage in Trypanosoma cruzi infection; Discussion
- Immunopathogenesis of experimental Chagas' disease in mice: damage to the autonomic nervous systemDiscussion; FINAL GENERAL DISCUSSION Problems of working with different parasitic strains; Chairman's closing remarks
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613694492
- 9781280784101
- 1280784105
- 9780470720806
- 0470720808
- 9780470718506
- 0470718501
- OCLC:
- 797918504
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