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Parasites in the immunized host : mechanisms of survival / editors, Ruth Porter, Julie Knight
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Symposium on Parasites in the Immunized Host: Mechanisms of Survival (1973 : London, England)
- Series:
- Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 25.
- Ciba Foundation symposium ; 25 (new ser.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical parasitology--Immunological aspects--Congresses.
- Medical parasitology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 280 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:
- Intro
- Parasites in the Immunized Host: mechanisms of survival
- Contents
- Introduction
- The immune response to parasites
- Discussion
- Genetics of antigenic variation in Paramecium: a model system
- Antigenic variation and immunity to malaria
- Antigenic variation in African trypanosornes
- Antigenic variation in the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis
- Immunological spectra in infectious diseases
- Immunodepression produced by malarial infection in mice
- Immunosuppression in malaria and trypanosomiasis
- Discussion of the two preceding papers
- Host antigens and the immune response in schistosomiasis
- Soluble antigens as blocking antigens
- Interactions in vitro between Toxoplasma gondii and mouse cells
- Survival and death of Leishmania in macrophages
- Modulation of immunopathology in schistosomiasis
- Conclusions
- Index of contributors
- Subject index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613693792
- 9780470720073
- 0470720077
- 9781280783401
- 1280783400
- 9780470717752
- 0470717750
- OCLC:
- 797918306
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