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Emerging Infectious Disease : Host and Parasite Perspectives

Title of Dissertation: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE: HOST AND PARASITE PERSPECTIVES Jon S. Beadell, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Directed By: Dr. Robert C. Fleischer, Head, Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, National Zoological Park Dr. Gerald S. Wilkinson, Professor Behavior, Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Avian malaria and related haematozoa are nearly ubiquitous parasites that...

Host extinction dynamics in a simple parasite-host interaction model.

This short article carefully formulate a simple SI model for a parasite-host interaction through the basic birth and death processes analysis. This model reveals and corrects an error in similar models studied recently by various authors. Complete mathematical investigation of this simple model shows that the host extinction dynamics can happen and the outcomes may depend on the initial conditi...

Plant parasitic nematode proteins and the host parasite interaction.

This review focuses on the proteins and secretions of sedentary plant parasitic nematodes potentially important for plant-nematode interactions. These nematodes are well equipped for parasitism of plants. Having acquired the ability to manipulate fundamental aspects of plant biology, they are able to hijack host-cell development to make their feeding site. They feed exclusively from feeding sit...

Bovine cryptosporidiosis: impact, host-parasite interaction and control strategies

Gastrointestinal disease caused by the apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum is one of the most important diseases of young ruminant livestock, particularly neonatal calves. Infected animals may suffer from profuse watery diarrhoea, dehydration and in severe cases death can occur. At present, effective therapeutic and preventative measures are not available and a better understanding of ...

Models of host-parasite interaction and MHC polymorphism.