This book is a collection of short articles written by the participants of a research workshop held in Poznan, Poland, in September 2000. The workshop, supported by NATO Scientific Affairs, focused on the three major larval cestode diseases of humans: Taenia solium neurocysticercosis, Echinococcus granulosus cystic hydatidosis, and E. multilocularis alveolar hydatidosis. The format and depth of...

This book is a collection of short articles written by the participants of a research workshop held in Poznan, Poland, in September 2000. The workshop, supported by NATO Scientific Affairs, focused on the three major larval cestode diseases of humans: Taenia solium neurocysticercosis, Echinococcus granulosus cystic hydatidosis, and E. multilocularis alveolar hydatidosis. The format and depth of...

Trichinella spiralis infection was induced in rats by oral feeding of infective larvae. Four weeks later, renal function, including renal plasma flow (RPF), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), excretion rate of protein, sodium and potassium were determined using clearance technics. There were no significant changes in these parameters. However, plasma urea nitrogen was significantly higher in the...

Helminth parasites were studied in the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus, in southern England in September of each of four successive years (1994±1997). Nine species of helminths were recorded: ®ve nematodes (Heligmosomoides polygyrus, Syphacia stroma, Pelodera strongyloides, Trichuris muris, Capillaria murissylvatici), two cestodes (Microsomacanthus crenata, Taenia taeniaeformis) and two tremato...

The author of this little book attempts to cover a very wvide field, and it may be said at once that he does so in a concise yet lucid manner. This is the third edition of the book, which shows that the author's efforts are appreciated. It has been completely revised and much of it has been rew%ritten, in order that the text should be thoroughly up to date. The emergencies caused by disease or ...

This definitive history of helminthology concludes with portraits and short biographical sketches of the main authors cited. Were it not ungrateful to ask for more, one might have welcomed a few likenesses of the protagonists, the helminths, in addition to the guinea worm and victim on the cover. Dr Grove himself calls his book a "labour of love". His readers might call it an invaluable work of...

Today, the Public Library of Science publishes a collection of essays, perspectives, and reviews about how genomics, with all its associated tools and techniques, can provide insights into our understanding of emerging infectious disease (http://ploscollections. org/emerginginfectiousdisease/) [1–13]. This collection, focused on human disease, is particularly timely as pandemic H1N1 2009 influe...

The parasite fauna of the eel has been studied regularly since the first imported eels were introduced to Lake Balaton in 1963. Over a long period of time no important parasitic infections were recorded. However, the importance of nematode infections has increased since 1991, when the pathogenic nematode Anguillicola crassus was first detected and intensive eel mortalities started to occur. Thi...