Immunity to Parasites How Parasitic Infections are Controlled [Hardcover]

An advanced undergraduate textbook which describes how hosts' immune-systems control parasitic infections.Including an expanded section on anti-parasite vaccines, this text focuses on modern research in immunoparasitiology directed at understanding and exploiting the capacity to develop effective anti-parasite immunity. The experimental basis of the research is emphasized throughout.Including an expanded section on anti-parasite vaccines, this text focuses on modern research in immunoparasitiology directed at understanding and exploiting the capacity to develop effective anti-parasite immunity. The experimental basis of the research is emphasized throughout.This completely updated second edition provides a clear account of how immune responses operate and how parasites can evade immunity. Parasites have evolved to exploit hosts' bodies, whereas hosts have evolved immune systems to control infections. Host-parasite interactions therefore provide fascinating examples of evolutionary arms-races in which the immune system plays a key role. Including an expanded section on anti-parasite vaccines, the text focuses on modern research in immunoparasitology directed at understanding and exploiting the capacity to develop effective anti-parasite immunity. The experimental basis of this research is emphasized throughout. The text is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates with interests in either parasitology or immunology and contains introductory sections on these topics.Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1. Parasites and parasitism; 2. The immune response; 3. Experimental immunoparasitology; 4. Intracellular Protozoa; 5. African trypanosomes; 6. Schistosomes; 7. Gastrointestinal nematodes; 8. Nematodes which invade tissue; 9. Ectoparasitic arthropods; 10. Immunological control of parasitic infections; References.'& an admirable effort to introduce undergraduate and doctoral students to the immunology of parasitic infections. Clearly written l“f