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OverviewFirst published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and trypanosomes. The series also contains reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy, and life history, which shape current thinking and applications. Eclectic volumes are supplemented by thematic volumes on various topics, including control of human parasitic diseases and global mapping of infectious diseases. The 2012 impact factor is 3.778. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Rollinson (Merit Research Scientist, The Natural History Museum, London, UK)Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Imprint: Academic Press Inc Volume: 84 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.570kg ISBN: 9780128000991ISBN 10: 0128000996 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 30 January 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsJoint Infectious Causation of Human Cancers Paul W. Ewald and Holly A. Swain Ewald Neurological and Ocular Fascioliasis in Humans Santiago Mas-Coma, Verónica H. Agramunt and María Adela Valero Measuring Changes in Plasmodium falciparum Transmission: Precision, Accuracy and Costs of Metrics Lucy S. Tusting, Teun Bousema, David L. Smith and Chris Drakeley The Molecular Ecology of Marine Host-Parasite Relationships: A Review Götz Froeschke and Sophie von der Heyden New Insights Into Clonality and Panmixia in Plasmodium and Toxoplasma Michel Tibayrenc and Francisco J. AyalaReviewsOne is struck by the quality and scholarship of the various chapters and the obviously efficient editing. --Parasitology The policy of the editors of Advances in Parasitology to include reviews from any aspect of parasitology and the high standard of individual papers have resulted in this series of volumes becoming an indispensable source for students, teachers, and research workers. --Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology One is struck by the quality and scholarship of the various chapters and the obviously efficient editing. --PARASITOLOGY The policy of the editors of Advances in Parasitology to include reviews from any aspect of parasitology and the high standard of individual papers have resulted in this series of volumes becoming an indispensable source for students, teachers, and research workers. --ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY Author InformationProfessor David Rollinson is a Merit Research Scientist at the Natural History Museum in London, where he leads a research team in the Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories and directs the WHO Collaborating Centre for schistosomiasis. He has had a long fascination with parasites and the diseases that they cause, this has involved him in many overseas projects especially in Africa. David is on the WHO Expert Advisory Panel of parasitic diseases, the editor of Advances in Parasitology and a former President of the World Federation of Parasitologists. His research group uses a multidisciplinary approach, which combines detailed molecular studies in the laboratory with ongoing collaborative studies in endemic areas of disease, to explore the intriguing world of parasites in order to help control and eliminate parasitic diseases. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |