Protozoological Abstracts

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Clinical aspects of protozoal infections

Case reports, and all aspects of pathology including

• • - haematology
  - histopathology
• • - pathogenicity
  - pathogenesis
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Diagnostic techniques

• - application of tried and tested techniques
• - development and evaluation of new diagnostic techniques
• - DNA fingerprinting
• - the development of rapid techniques for use in the field and for mass surveys
   

Epidemiology and transmission

All aspects of

• - epidemiological surveys
• - geographical distribution
• • • • - intermediate hosts and vectors
      - molecular epidemiology
    - new geographical and host records
• • - parasite prevalence and incidence
• - zoonoses
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Host-parasite relationships and cell invasion

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

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

Immunobiology and immunodiagnosis

Covers all aspects of

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

All the latest research on malaria is covered, including

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

Medical and veterinary parasitology

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

• - diagnosis
• - disease prevention and control
• • • - public health aspects
    - symptomatology
  - zoonotic infections
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Molecular biology, cytochemistry and physiology

All aspects of genetics and molecular genetics, including

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

• • - cell structure
  - general morphology
• - the fine structure of cell organelles as determined by light, transmission and scanning electron microscopy
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Protozoal diseases of fishes and wild animals

Parasitological surveys of wild fauna, including

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

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

Treatment and control

Covers all aspects of control including

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

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