Trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis with special reference to Chagas' disease : held jointly with the Venezuelan Academy of Sciences and 'La Trinidad' Medical Center, Canada.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Conference Name:

Symposium on Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis (1973 : Caracas, Venezuela)

Series:

Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 20.

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 20 (new ser.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trypanosomiasis--Congresses.

Trypanosomiasis.

Leishmaniasis--Congresses.

Leishmaniasis.

Chagas' disease--Congresses.

Chagas' disease.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1974.

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:

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis with special reference to Chagas' disease; Contents; Introduction; Leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis : the causative organisms compared and contrasted; Discussion; Epidemiology of African sleeping sickness; Discussion; Epidemiology, modes of transmission and reservoir hosts of Chagas' disease; Discussion; Epidemiology of leishmaniasis: some reflections on causation; Discussion; The African scene: mechanisms of pathogenesis in trypanosomiasis; Discussion; Pathogenic mechanisms in Chagas' cardiomyo- pathy; Pathogenesis of Chagas' disease; Discussion

Cutaneous leishmaniasis: the clinical and immunopathological spectrum in South America; Discussion; The ultrastructure of pathogenic flagellates; Discussion; Immunity and antigenic variation : clinical observations suggestive of immune phenomena in trypanosomiasis; Discussion; Nutrition and biosynthetic capabilities of flagellates: problems of in vitro cultivation and differentiation; Discussion; Intermediary metabolism of pathogenic flagellates; Discussion; The chemotherapy of trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis: to- wards a more rational approach; Discussion

Drug resistance in trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis; Discussion; General discussion; Index of Contributors; Subject index

Notes:

"Held jointly with the Venezuelan Academy of Sciences and La Trinidad Medical Center, Caracas."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613693693

9781280783302

1280783303

9780470720035

0470720034

9780470717707

047071770X

OCLC:

797918293