Michael B. A. Oldstone • Hugh Rosen Editors 2014 For convenience, the early immune response occurring during the first few days after exposure to a foreign agent is termed innate, while the later response, after day 5, is termed adoptive. Both immune responses have defined cellular components although they vary according to different types of cells and the […]
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André L.S. Santos • Marta H. Branquinha Claudia M. d’Avila-Levy • Lucimar F. Kneipp Cátia L. Sodré Editors 2014 The so-called neglected tropical diseases comprise a group of infections that is especially endemic in low-income population in developing countries of Africa, Asia and the Americas. In this group, the American ( Trypanosoma cruzi ) and African (Trypanosoma brucei […]
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Mary Ann McDowell • Sima Rafati Editors 2014 The Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of 17 viral, bacterial, protozoan, and helminth infections that disproportionately affect the most vulnerable populations. The concept of NTDs begun to take shape following the 2000 Millennium Development Goals put forth by the United Nations, specifically Goal # 6 to combat HIV/AIDs, malaria, […]
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Sanjay Kapoor • Kuldeep Dhama 2014 Influenza viruses are highly contagious, causing respiratory symptoms in humans, animals, and birds. The flu viruses keep evolving in animals and poultry and ultimately jump species to cause epidemics and even pandemics in humans. The disease is highly contagious, zoonotic, and affects various systems of the body with the […]
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Richard W. Compans • Michael B. A. Oldstone Editors 2014 Perhaps first described in the Bible in Numbers 11:31–34 and later by the poet W.H. Auden: Little birds with scarlet legs, Sitting on their speckled eggs, Eye each flu-infected city Influenza has over the course of human experience been defined by the suffering, illness, and death rates […]
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William Horsnell Editor 2014 Helminth infections occur globally and all individuals are at some point in their life likely to be exposed to these parasites. Humans have always hosted parasitic worm infections and there is clear evidence that number of important helminth parasites have co-evolved with us. As such helminth infections should be considered a metazoan faunal complement to […]
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Addmore Shonhai • Gregory L. Blatch Editors 2014
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Simone M. Caccio` • Giovanni Widmer Editors 2014 It is more than a 100 years since Cryptosporidium parasites were first described by Edward Tyzzer.1 In addition to the initial discovery, two events stand out for having significantly impacted our awareness of these parasites and the diseases they cause. The HIV epidemic and the emergence of cryptosporidiosis as a […]
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Akio Yamada • Laura H. Kahn • Bruce Kaplan Thomas P. Monath • Jack Woodall • Lisa Conti Editors 2014 The One Health Paradigm According to the United Nations, the global population is estimated to reach 8.1 billion in 2025 and increase to 9.6 billion in 2050. In developing countries, the population is projected to increase to […]
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Robert Yarchoan Editor 2014 Progress and Challenges The field of HIV-associated cancer has undergone a number of changes and advances in the past several years, and this book was conceived to fill the need for a resource that summarizes this new information. The 28 chapters describe the current state of knowledge in this area. These chapters were written […]
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