Trypanosomes and Trypanosomiasis

Book Overview

Tsetse fly biology: where it all starts.- Trypanolytic activity of NHS: a first defense.- Antigenic variation: the answer to host immunity.- Early onset of host immunity: the big unknown.- Myeloid cells: parasite control versus pathology.- Adaptive immunity - T cells: old and new views on defense part I.- Adaptive immunity - B cells: old and new views on defense part II.- Proteomics of trypanosomes: what's in there.- Diagnosis: when to treat and when not.- Drug design: the past, the present and future.- Nanobody technology: a novel approach to an old fight.- Sodalis as expression system: using the Trojan horse.- Nagana: it's not all about HAT.​

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 370914843X
• ISBN13: 9783709148433
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"