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Protozoa and Human Disease is a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying parasitology and microbiology. It will also be a useful reference for public health and medical students.
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Protozoa and Human Disease
Garland Science November 2010 248 pages 250 illustrations Paperback: 978-0-8153-6500-6 £35.00
Protozoa and Human Disease is a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying parasitology and microbiology. It will also be a useful reference for public health and medical students. Mark Wiser reviews medically important protozoa and treat-ment strategies. He describes pathogens according to a tax-onomic scheme and in reference to the organ systems they affect. The book covers the morphological features and life cycles of the various protozoa and the pathogeneses of the diseases they cause. Life cycles are discussed in detail as they also influence host-parasite interactions, pathology, disease transmission, and epidemiology.
Students will benefit from the author’s fresh approach, which blends classical and medical parasitology with more modern disciplines. These include the molecular and immunological basis of pathogenesis; metabolic pathways; specialized subcellular structures; ecology of disease transmission; antigenic variation; and molecu-lar epidemiology. An extensive glossary of molecular biology, immunology, and medical terms helps students navigate across disciplines.
MARK F. WISER
Mark F. Wiser is currently on the faculty of the Department of Tropical Medicine at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He is particularly interested in the molecular and cellular biology of protozoan parasites and host-parasite interactions. He earned a B.A. degree in biology from Franklin College and a Ph.D. degree in cell biology from the University of Minnesota. Between finishing his formal studies and his current position he carried out post-doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and had a research faculty position in molecular parasitology at Yale University School of Medicine.
The Author
Contents 1. Introduction to Medical Protozoology
2. Overview of Intestinal Protozoa
3. Entamoeba and Amebiasis
4. Giardiasis
5. Trichomonas vaginalis and Other Trichomonads
6. Balantidium coli and Blastocystis hominis
7. Kinetoplastids
8. African Trypanosomiasis
9. Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas’ Disease
10. Leishmaniasis
11. General Apicomplexan Biology
12. Cryptosporidium
13. Monoxenous Intestinal Coccidia
14. Toxoplasma gondii and Tissue Cyst Forming Coccidia
15. Malaria
16. Babesiosis
17. Free-Living Protozoa Affecting Human Health
Summary and Key Concepts
Further Reading
A sample chapter and the complete set of figures from the book in JPEG format are available at www.garlandscience.com/gs_textbooks.asp.Garland Science November 2010 248 pages 250 illustrations Paperback: 978-0-8153-6500-6 £35.00
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Praise for Protozoa and Human Disease
“Well-presented information that is easy to digest. The flow of information is sequential with a balanced in-depth scientifically appropriate detail. It covers all the key aspects that would be useful for readers at both undergraduate, and postgraduate level, as well as researchers interested in this field.”
NAVEED KAHN University of Nottingham (referring to Chapter 11: General Apicomplexan Biology)
“This is an excellent summary of parasite biology and pathogenesis. It is clearly written and has an appropriate balance between breadth and depth.”
DR MICHAEL KLEMBAVirginia Tech (referring to Chapter 15: Malaria)
Key FeaturesBrings together the biological, clinical, and public health aspects of medically important protozoa.•
Combines classical parasitology and modern molecular parasitology.•
Information presented is succinct and up-to-date.•
Pedagogical features include Summary Boxes containing the key facts about specific pathogens •and end-of-chapter summaries.
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