Ebook: Echinostomes as Experimental Models for Biological Research

Echinostomes are ubiquitous intestinal flatworm parasites of vertebrates and are of importance in human and veterinary medicine and wildlife diseases. Echinostomes can be maintained easily and inexpensively in the laboratory and provide good models for biological research ranging from the molecular to the organismal. Considerable but scattered literature has been published on the subject of echinostomes and a synthesis of this wide range of topics has now been achieved with the publication of this book, which presents a wide range of topics in experimental biology related to the use of echinostomes as laboratory models. It will have a special appeal to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in parasitology and should also appeal to professional parasitologists, physicians, veterinarians, wildlife disease biologists, and any biomedical scientists interested in new model systems for studies in experimental biology.

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Echinostomes are ubiquitous intestinal flatworm parasites of vertebrates and are of importance in human and veterinary medicine and wildlife diseases. Echinostomes can be maintained easily and inexpensively in the laboratory and provide good models for biological research ranging from the molecular to the organismal. Considerable but scattered literature has been published on the subject of echinostomes and a synthesis of this wide range of topics has now been achieved with the publication of this book, which presents a wide range of topics in experimental biology related to the use of echinostomes as laboratory models. It will have a special appeal to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in parasitology and should also appeal to professional parasitologists, physicians, veterinarians, wildlife disease biologists, and any biomedical scientists interested in new model systems for studies in experimental biology.

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Echinostomes are ubiquitous intestinal flatworm parasites of vertebrates and are of importance in human and veterinary medicine and wildlife diseases. Echinostomes can be maintained easily and inexpensively in the laboratory and provide good models for biological research ranging from the molecular to the organismal. Considerable but scattered literature has been published on the subject of echinostomes and a synthesis of this wide range of topics has now been achieved with the publication of this book, which presents a wide range of topics in experimental biology related to the use of echinostomes as laboratory models. It will have a special appeal to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in parasitology and should also appeal to professional parasitologists, physicians, veterinarians, wildlife disease biologists, and any biomedical scientists interested in new model systems for studies in experimental biology.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
An Overview of the Biology of Echinostomes....Pages 1-29
The Systematics of the Echinostomes....Pages 31-57
Echinostomes in Veterinary and Wildlife Parasitology....Pages 59-82
Human Echinostomiasis: Mechanisms of Pathogenesis and Host Resistance....Pages 83-98
Maintenance, Cultivation, and Excystation of Echinostomes....Pages 99-118
Ultrastructural Studies on Echinostomes....Pages 119-136
Reproductive Physiology and Behavior of Echinostomes....Pages 137-148
Immunobiology of the Relationship of Echinostomes with Snail Intermediate Hosts....Pages 149-173
The Behavioral Biology of Echinostomes....Pages 175-197
Physiology and Biochemistry of Echinostomes....Pages 199-212
Neuromusculature — Structure and Functional Correlates....Pages 213-227
Immunobiology and Immunodiagnosis of Echinostomiasis....Pages 229-244
Molecular Biology of Echinostomes....Pages 245-266
Back Matter....Pages 267-273

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Echinostomes are ubiquitous intestinal flatworm parasites of vertebrates and are of importance in human and veterinary medicine and wildlife diseases. Echinostomes can be maintained easily and inexpensively in the laboratory and provide good models for biological research ranging from the molecular to the organismal. Considerable but scattered literature has been published on the subject of echinostomes and a synthesis of this wide range of topics has now been achieved with the publication of this book, which presents a wide range of topics in experimental biology related to the use of echinostomes as laboratory models. It will have a special appeal to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in parasitology and should also appeal to professional parasitologists, physicians, veterinarians, wildlife disease biologists, and any biomedical scientists interested in new model systems for studies in experimental biology.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
An Overview of the Biology of Echinostomes....Pages 1-29
The Systematics of the Echinostomes....Pages 31-57
Echinostomes in Veterinary and Wildlife Parasitology....Pages 59-82
Human Echinostomiasis: Mechanisms of Pathogenesis and Host Resistance....Pages 83-98
Maintenance, Cultivation, and Excystation of Echinostomes....Pages 99-118
Ultrastructural Studies on Echinostomes....Pages 119-136
Reproductive Physiology and Behavior of Echinostomes....Pages 137-148
Immunobiology of the Relationship of Echinostomes with Snail Intermediate Hosts....Pages 149-173
The Behavioral Biology of Echinostomes....Pages 175-197
Physiology and Biochemistry of Echinostomes....Pages 199-212
Neuromusculature — Structure and Functional Correlates....Pages 213-227
Immunobiology and Immunodiagnosis of Echinostomiasis....Pages 229-244
Molecular Biology of Echinostomes....Pages 245-266
Back Matter....Pages 267-273
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