Chagas disease
This thematic volume provides authoritative, up-to-date reviews addressing recent advances as well as an overview for the research and clinical communities on the endemic infection of Chagas disease. Lead researchers discuss epidemiology and control measures as well as various diagnosis techniques,...
| Other Authors: | Weiss, Louis M., Tanowitz, Herbert B., Kirchhoff, Louis V., ScienceDirect (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Amsterdam :
Academic,
2011.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| Series: |
Advances in parasitology ;
v. 75-76. |
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| Summary: |
This thematic volume provides authoritative, up-to-date reviews addressing recent advances as well as an overview for the research and clinical communities on the endemic infection of Chagas disease. Lead researchers discuss epidemiology and control measures as well as various diagnosis techniques, treatments, and therapies currently being used. The text includes a history of Chagas disease and an outlook for the next century. Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field Contributions from leading authorities and industry experts. |
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| Item Description: |
pt. A. Epidemiology of american trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) / t Louis V. Kirchhoff -- Acute and congeital Chagas disease / Caryn Bern, Diana L. Martin, and Robert H. Gilman -- Cell-based therapy in Chagas disease / Antonio C. Campos de Carvalho, Adriana B. Carvalho, and Regina C.S. Goldenberg -- Targeting trypanosoma cruzi sterol 14[alpha]-Demethylase (CYP51) / Galina I. Lepesheva, Fernando Villalta, and Michael R. Waterman -- Experimental chemotherapy and approaches to drug discovery for trypanosoma cruzi infection / Frederick S. Buckner -- Vaccine development against trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas disease / Juan C. Vázquez-Chagoyán, Shivali Gupta, and Nisha Jain Garg -- Genetic epidemiology of Chagas disease / Sarah Williams-Blangero, John L. VandeBerg, John Blangero, and Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira -- Kissing bugs. The vectors of Chagas / Lori Stevens [and others] -- Advances in imaging of animal models of Chagas disease / Linda A. Jelicks and Herbert B. Tanowitz -- Genome and its implications / Santuza M. Teixeira, Najib M. El-Sayed, and Patrícia R. Araújo -- Genetic techniques in trypanosoma cruzi / Martin C. Taylor, Huan Huang, and John M. Kelly -- Nuclear structure of trypanosoma cruzi / Sergio Schenkman, Bruno dos Santos Pascoalino, and Sheila C. Nardelli -- Aspects of trypanosoma cruzi stage differentiation / Samuel Goldenberg and Andrea Rodrigues Ávila -- Role of acidocalcisomes in the stress response of trypanosoma cruzi / Roberto Docampo [and others] -- Signal transduction in trypanosoma cruzi / Huan Huang. pt. B. Bioactive lipids in trypanosome cruzi infection / Fabiana S. Machado, et al -- Mechanisms of host cell invasion by trypanosome cruzi / Kacey L. Caradonna and Barbara A. Burleigh -- Gap junctions and Chagas disease / Daniel Adesse, et al -- Vasculature in Chagas disease / Cibele M. Prado, et al -- Infection-associated vasculopathy in experimental Chagas disease: pathogenic roles of endothelin and kinin pathways / Julio Scharfstein and Daniele Andrade -- Autoimmunity / Edecio Cunha-Neto, et al -- ROS signaling of inflammatory cytokines during trypanosome cruzi infection / Shivali Gupta, et al -- Inflammation and Chagas disease: some mechanisms and relevance / Andre Talvani and Mauro M. Teixeira -- Neurodegeneration and neuroregeneration in Chagas disease / Marina V. Chuenkova and Mercio PereiraPerrin -- Adipose tissue, diabetes and Chagas disease / Herbert B. Tanowitz, et al. This thematic volume provides authoritative, up-to-date reviews addressing recent advances as well as an overview for the research and clinical communities on the endemic infection of Chagas disease. Lead researchers discuss epidemiology and control measures as well as various diagnosis techniques, treatments, and therapies currently being used. The text includes a history of Chagas disease and an outlook for the next century. Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field Contributions from leading authorities and industry experts. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| ISSN: |
0065-308X ; |