Despite extensive efforts to control it, malaria is still one of the most devastating infectious diseases worldwide. This book, now in its second edition, provides a broad and up-to-date overview of the rapidly expanding field of malaria immunology and its importance in the control of this disease.
Malaria. Immunology and Immunization
โ Scribed by Julius P Kreir
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc, Academic Press
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 352
- Series
- Volume 3) (v. 3
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages ix-x
Preface, Pages xi-xii, Julius P. Kreier
Contents of Volumes 1 and 2, Pages xiii-xiv
Contents of Babesiosis, Pages xv-xvii
1 - The Isolation of Malaria Parasites and Their Constituents, Pages 1-65, Joseph Hamburger, Julius P. Kreier
2 - Methods for Measuring the Immunological Response to Plasmodia, Pages 67-109, A. Voller, J.H.E. Meuwissen, J.P. Verhave
3 - The Vertebrate Host's Immune Response to Plasmodia, Pages 111-162, Julius P. Kreier, Theodore J. Green
4 - Immunization against Sporozoites, Pages 163-202, A.H. Cochrane, R.S. Nussenzweig, E.H. Nardin
5 - Immunization against Exoerythrocytic Stages of Malaria Parasites, Pages 203-230, Thomas W. Holbrook
6 - Immunization against Asexual Blood-Inhabiting Stages of Plasmodia, Pages 231-262, Wasim A. Siddiqui
7 - Infectiousness and Gamete Immunization in Malaria, Pages 263-297, Richard Carter, Robert W. Gwadz
Appendix 1 - Prospects for Development of Vaccines against Plasmodium falciparum Infection, Pages 299-315, Carter L. Diggs
Appendix 2 - The Roles of Vaccination in the Strategy of Malaria Control, Pages 317-320, R.L. Beaudoin, J.C. Armstrong, E. McConnell
Appendix 3 - Prospects for Malaria Blood Stage Vaccine, Pages 321-324, Karl H. Rieckmann
Appendix 4 - Manufacturing Aspects of Antiplasmodial Vaccine Production, Pages 325-329, Robert G. Brackett
Appendix 5 - The Agency of International Development Program for Malaria Vaccine Research and Development, Pages 331-334, Edgar A. Smith, James M. Erickson
Appendix 6 - The Great Neglected Diseases of Mankind, Pages 335-338, Kenneth S. Warren
Index, Pages 339-346
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