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



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Titolo: Trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis with special reference to Chagas' disease : held jointly with the Venezuelan Academy of Sciences and 'La Trinidad' Medical Center, Canada Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Elsevier, , 1974
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 616.9/363
Soggetto topico: Trypanosomiasis
Leishmaniasis
Chagas' disease
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
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Titolo autorizzato: Trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis with special reference to Chagas' disease  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786613693693
9781280783302
1280783303
9780470720035
0470720034
9780470717707
047071770X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812000503321
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Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; new ser. 20.