Intracellular parasites must enter the host cell, overcome its innate cellular defences and divert nutritional resources. Mechanisms vary from parasite to parasite but some aspects are common - this book enables comparison, highlighting similarities and differences in mechanisms between parasites. Image: Book cover
This book provides a very readable introduction to spatial analysis in epidemiology, using UK bovine tuberculosis data to illustrate the various techniques. It is aimed, among others, at initiating ecologists, epidemiologists, and statisticians, in the subject of spatially-explicit analysis.
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The characteristics of intestinal helminth communities of the catfish in flood-plain lakes of the Yangtze River were seldom influenced by their isolation from the river. Image: The carnivorous catfish, Pelteobagrus fulvidraco
The forkhead transcription factor DAF-16 occupies a central position in nematode development. A newly identified 14-3-3 protein from Ancylostoma caninum interacts with phosphorylated hookworm DAF-16, suggesting a role in regulation of DAF-16 during infection. Image: Activated Ancylostoma caninum L3
This paper describes the evaluation of Cardiocladius oliffi, in the laboratory, as a potential biological control agent of Simulium squamosum.Image: Simulium squamosum larvae and pupae
