The Filaria (World Class Parasites)

Preliminaries......Page 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Lymphatic filarial infections......Page 10
Vector-Parasite Interactions in Mosquito-Borne Filariasis......Page 18
Evolutionary Relationships Among Filarial Nermatodes......Page 30
Filarial Genomics......Page 40
The Epidemiology of Onchocerciasis and the Long Term Impact of Existing Control Strategies on this Infection......Page 52
The Epidemiology of Filariasis Control......Page 68
Host Factors, Parasite Factors, and External Host Factors, Parasite Factors, and External Infections......Page 84
Natural History of Human Filariasis......Page 96
In Utero Exposure to Filarial Antigens and its Influence on Infection Outcomes......Page 106
Immune Effectors Important in Protective Resistance......Page 118
Immune Regulation and the Spectrum of Filarial Disease......Page 136
Wolbachia Bacterial Endosymbionts......Page 152
Approaches to the Control and Elimination of the Clinically Important Filarial Diseases......Page 164
Vaccines For Filarial Infections......Page 176
Index......Page 188