Human and animal filariases : landscape, challenges, and control / edited by Ronald Kaminsky, Timothy G. Geary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaminsky, Ronald, editor.

Geary, Timothy G., 1952- editor.

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Patrick B. and Anne Gaydosh Hughes Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Drug Discovery in Infectious Diseases Ser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Filariasis.

Filarial worms.

Parasitology.

Parasitic diseases--Treatment.

Parasitic diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH, [2023]

Contents:

Human and Animal Filariae and Their Diseases. Breaking the Silos - Obstacles and Opportunities for One Health in Filariases / Ronald Kaminsky, Timothy G Geary

Filariae as Organisms / Pascal M̃ser

Human Filarial Infections: Reflections on the Current Understanding of Their Importance, Pathobiology, and Management / Charles D Mackenzie

Canine Filariasis (Heartworm) - Disease and Current Gaps / Dwight D Bowman*, Timothy K Wu

Diagnosis and Assessment of Human Filarial Infections: Current Status and Challenges / Charles D Mackenzie, Ashley Souza, Timothy G Geary

Veterinary Diagnosis of Filarial Infection / Christopher Evans, Nils Pilotte, Steven Williams, Andrew Moorhead

Antifilarial Chemotherapy: Current Options for Humans / Sabine Specht, Joseph Kamgno, Timothy G Geary

Antifilarial Chemotherapy: Current Options in Veterinary Medicine / Jennifer Ketzis, Christian Epe

Heartworm Disease - Intervention and Industry Perspective 1 / Sandra Noack, John Harrington, Douglas S Carithers, Ronald Kaminsky, Paul M Selzer

Current Antifilarial Drugs - Mechanisms of Action / Timothy G Geary, Alan Long, Lucienne Tritten

Drug Resistance in Filariae / Roger Prichard

Elimination and Eradication of Human Filariases / Boakye A Boatin, Frank O Richards Jr, Kapa D Ramaiah, John O Gyapong

Drug Discovery for Novel Antifilarials. Global Economics of Heartworm Disease / Darrell Klug, Jason Drake

Product Profiles for New Drugs Against Human and Animal Filariasis / Sabine Specht, Ronald Kaminsky

Discovery and Development of New Antifilarial Drugs (In Vitro Assays) / Lucien Rufener, Alexandre Vernudachi, Ronald Kaminsky, Thomas Duguet

In Vivo Models for the Discovery of New Antifilarial Drugs / Sandra Schorderet-Weber, Sabine Specht

In Vivo Assays - Discovery and Development of New Antifilarial Drugs in Companion Animals / Heinz Sager, Regina Lizundia, William H White

The Antifilarial Drug Pipeline / Natalie A Hawryluk*

New Frontiers for Control of Antifilarial Diseases. The Host-Helminth Interface as a Rich Resource for Novel Drug Targets / Thomas B Duguet, Lucienne Tritten

Functional Genomics of Filariae / Eileen Devaney, Collette Britton

Development of a Vaccine Against Onchocerca volvulus / David Abraham, Ben Makepeace, Sara Lustigman

Vector Control Approaches to Interrupt Transmission of Human Filarial Parasites / Lyric Bartholomay*

Vector Control Approaches for Canine Filariasis / Sofija Todorovic, Tanja McKay, Phillip Kaufman

Wolbachia Endosymbionts as Treatment Targets for Filarial Diseases / Marc P H|bner, Kenneth Pfarr, Achim Hoerauf.

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (John Wiley, viewed October 26, 2022).

References -- Chapter 3 Human Filarial Infections: Reflections on the Current Understanding of Their Importance, Pathobiology, and Management -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Historical Aspects -- 3.3 The Parasites -- 3.3.1 Onchocerciasis -- 3.3.2 Lymphatic Filariasis -- 3.3.3 Loiasis -- 3.3.4 Mansonellosis -- 3.3.5 Incidental Filarial Conditions -- 3.4 The Pathogenesis and Presentation of Human Filarial Infections -- 3.4.1 Onchocerciasis -- 3.4.2 Lymphatic Filariasis -- 3.4.3 Loiasis -- 3.4.4 Mansonellosis -- 3.4.5 Incidental - Dirofilariasis -- 3.4.6 Comment

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Patrick B. and Anne Gaydosh Hughes Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783527823413

3527823417

9783527823437

3527823433

Publisher Number:

99992322291

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.