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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812000503321

Titolo

Trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis with special reference to Chagas' disease : held jointly with the Venezuelan Academy of Sciences and 'La Trinidad' Medical Center, Canada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Elsevier, , 1974

ISBN

1-280-78330-3

9786613693693

0-470-72003-4

0-470-71770-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 20 (new ser.)

Disciplina

616.9/363

Soggetti

Trypanosomiasis

Leishmaniasis

Chagas' disease

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Held jointly with the Venezuelan Academy of Sciences and La Trinidad Medical Center, Caracas."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis with special reference to Chagas' disease; Contents; Introduction; Leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis : the causative organisms compared and contrasted; Discussion; Epidemiology of African sleeping sickness; Discussion; Epidemiology, modes of transmission and reservoir hosts of Chagas' disease; Discussion; Epidemiology of leishmaniasis: some reflections on causation; Discussion; The African scene: mechanisms of pathogenesis in trypanosomiasis; Discussion; Pathogenic mechanisms in Chagas' cardiomyo- pathy; Pathogenesis of Chagas' disease; Discussion

Cutaneous leishmaniasis: the clinical and immunopathological spectrum in South America; Discussion; The ultrastructure of pathogenic flagellates; Discussion; Immunity and antigenic variation : clinical observations suggestive of immune phenomena in trypanosomiasis; Discussion; Nutrition and biosynthetic capabilities of flagellates: problems of in vitro cultivation and differentiation; Discussion; Intermediary metabolism of pathogenic flagellates;



Discussion; The chemotherapy of trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis: to- wards a more rational approach; Discussion

Drug resistance in trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis; Discussion; General discussion; Index of Contributors; Subject index