Protozoological Abstracts

Overview

Protozoological Abstracts is an online bibliographic and abstracts database of internationally published research on parasitic protozoa.
 

Selected from the applied life sciences database CAB Abstracts, Protozoological Abstracts provides the latest information on all aspects of parasitic protozoa, including molecular genetics, biochemistry, physiology, morphology, taxonomy, life cycles, immunology, and the pathology, transmission, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and control of diseases caused by trypanosomes, Leishmania, Toxoplasma, amoebae, microsporidia, malaria parasites and the many other protists that are parasitic in man and domestic and wild animals.

Each week the online version delivers all the new highly-targeted, searchable summaries covering key English and non-English language journal articles, reports, conferences and books about parasitic protozoa.

Created and indexed by subject specialists, Protozoological Abstracts provides access to these abstracts by way of comprehensive indexing and classification codes.

It includes a fully searchable backfile to 1973 of over 184,000 abstracts with over 6000 new records added each year.

Protozoological Abstracts is also available in print as a monthly journal with author, subject and serials cited indexes

Delivery Platforms

Coverage
 

Medical and veterinary parasitology

All protozoal infections affecting man and domestic animals are covered, including

• symptomatology
• diagnosis
• zoonotic infections
• public health aspects
• disease prevention and control
   

Protozoal diseases of fishes and wild animals

Parasitological surveys of wild fauna, including

• invertebrates
• freshwater and marine fishes
• reptiles and amphibia
• birds and mammals
• Caged and farmed fish and shellfish, zoo animals and reservoir hosts of zoonotic diseases are also covered.
   

Taxonomy and phylogeny

• Evolution and taxonomic relationships
• descriptions of new taxa
• redescriptions of existing taxa, keys, revisions and synonymies
   

Morphology and ultrastructure

• General morphology
• cell structure
• the fine structure of cell organelles as determined by light, transmission and scanning electron microscopy
   

Molecular biology, cytochemistry and physiology

All aspects of genetics and molecular genetics, including

• gene function
• gene expression and gene regulation
• genetic engineering
• genome projects
• nucleotide and amino acid sequences
• cell metabolism
• biochemistry and physiology

Host-parasite relationships and cell invasion

The complex relationships between the parasite and its host are covered, including

• life cycles
• host specificity
• cytoadherence and invasion processes
• the formation and function of the parasitophorous vacuole
• effects on host behaviour and sexual selection

Clinical aspects of protozoal infections

Case reports, and all aspects of pathology including

• histopathology
• haematology
• pathogenesis
• pathogenicity

Immunobiology and immunodiagnosis

Covers all aspects of

• antigens
• antigenic variation
• antibodies
• immune response
• immune evasion
• immunopathology and immunosuppression
• vaccine development
• development and use of immunodiagnostic tests
   

Diagnostic techniques

• The application of tried and tested techniques, such as microscopy
•  development and evaluation of new diagnostic techniques including polymerase chain reaction
• DNA fingerprinting
• the development of rapid techniques for use in the field and for mass surveys
   

Epidemiology and transmission

All aspects of

• parasite prevalence and incidence
• epidemiological surveys
• geographical distribution
• new geographical and host records
• intermediate hosts and vectors
• molecular epidemiology
•  zoonoses
   

Treatment and control

Covers all aspects of control including

• biological control
• environmental and chemical control
• drug therapy
• studies of antiprotozoal agents including their mode of action
• pharmacokinetics and drug toxicity
• drug resistance 
• in vitro and clinical trials of new drugs
• medicinal plants
• vaccine development
• vector control
• prophylaxis
• national and international control programmes

Malariology

All the latest research on malaria is covered, including

• parasite biology and molecular genetics
• pathogenesis
• cerebral malaria and other complications
• immunobiology and disease resistance
• diagnostic techniques
• epidemiology and imported infections
• disease transmission
• malaria vectors
• vector control
• drug therapy and vaccine development 
   

Updates to this list are produced monthly. Designation of Open Access publications are currently available in the downloadable version.

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