Author(s): John R. Baker (Editor), Ralph Muller (Editor), David Rollinson (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Publication Date: 1 Sept. 2002
Language: English
Print length: 260 pages
ISBN-10: 0120317516
ISBN-13: 9780120317516
Book Description
First published in 1963, Advances in Parasitology contains comprehensive and up-to-date reviews in all areas of interest in contemporary parasitology.
Now edited by J.R. Baker (Royal School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, UK), R. Muller (International Institute of Parasitology, UK) and D. Rollinson (The Natural History Museum, UK), supported by an international Editorial Board, Advances in Parasitology includes medical studies on parasites of major influence, such as typanosomiasis and scabies, and 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 such topics as Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems in Epidemiology.
In 1999, the Institute for Scientific Information released figures showing that Advances in Parasitology has an Impact Factor of 4.913, placing it 2nd in the highly competitive category of Parasitology.
First in the ISI Parasitology List in 2000
ISI Impact Factor of 6.724 in 2000
Series features over 35 years of parasitology coverage
Aspects of human parasites in which surgical intervention may be important
Electron transfer complexes in Ascaris Mitochondria
Cestode prasites: application of in vivo and in vitro models for studies on the host-parasite relationship
Editorial Reviews
Review
PRAISE FOR THE SERIES “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
From the Back Cover
Advances in Parasitology Volume 51
Cover illustration: Two protoscolices (“hydatid sand”) of Echinococcus granulosus under dark field illumination. Many thousands of these may be present inside the large cystic stage in herbivodres (or humans) and each is capable of developing into a minute adult tapeworm if ingested by the definitive dog host (image courtesy of Dr D.B Holliman).
Complete list of contents Aspects of human parasites in which surgical intervention may be important D.A. Meyer and B. Fried
Electron transfer complexes in Ascaris Mitochondria K. Kita and S. Takamiya
Cestode prasites: application of in vivo and in vitro models for studies on the host-parasite relationship M. Siles-Lucas and A. Hemphill
About the Author
Professor 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. He 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.
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