Genetics of Host and Parasite
This collection of articles, edited by D. Wakelin and D. Walliker include: Genetic variability in parasites and host-parasite interactions; Host genetics and infectious disease; T cell and cytokine basis of host variability in response to intestinal nematode infections; The role of MHC- and non-MHC-associated genes in determining the human immune response to malaria antigens; Influence of host and parasite genotypes on immunological control of Theileria parasites; Genetic susceptibility to leishmanial infections: studies in mice and man; Genetic susceptibility to malaria and other infectious diseases: from MHC to the whole genome. This volume is the specially commissioned supplement to the journal Parasitology, volume 112.
Product details
September 1997Paperback
9780521589369
93 pages
297 × 210 × 6 mm
0.32kg
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
- Preface D. Wakelin and D. Walliker
- 1. Genetic variability in parasites and host-parasite interactions R. C. A. Thompson and A. J. Lymbary
- 2. Host genetics and infectious disease D. J. Weatherall
- 3. T cell and cytokine basis of host variability in response to intestinal nematode infections R. K. Grencis
- 4. The role of MHC- and non-MHC-associated genes in determining the human immune response to malaria antigens E. M. Riley
- 5. Influence of host and parasite genotypes on immunological control of Theileria parasites W. I. Morrison
- 6. Genetic susceptibility to leishmanial infections: studies in mice and men J. M. Blackwell
- 7. Genetic susceptibility to malaria and other infectious diseases: from MHC to the whole genome A. V. S. Hill
- Concluding remarks B. C. Clarke.