Research Catalog

Title

Malaria : parasite biology, pathogenesis, and protection / edited by Irwin W. Sherman.

Publication

Washington, DC : ASM Press, c1998.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Sherman, Irwin W.

Description

xiii, 575 p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Subject

• Malaria
• Plasmodium falciparum
• Paludisme

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / William Trager -- Preface / Irwin W. Sherman -- I. Introduction -- 1. A Brief History of Malaria and Discovery of the Parasite's Life Cycle / Irwin W. Sherman -- 2. The Current Global Malaria Situation / Peter I. Trigg and Anatoli V. Kondrachine -- II. Development in the Mosquito -- 3. Gametocytes and Sexual Development / Robert E. Sinden -- 4. Sporogonic Development in the Mosquito / John C. Beier and Jerome P. Vanderberg -- 5. Engineering Resistance to Malaria Parasite Development in Mosquitoes / Anthony A. James and John J. Peloquin -- III. Invasion of Vertebrate Cells -- 6. Invasion of Vertebrate Cells: Hepatocytes / Ute Frevert and Andrea Crisanti -- 7. Invasion of Vertebrate Cells: Erythrocytes / John W. Barnwell and Mary R. Galinski -- IV. Asexual Stages -- 8. Ultrastructure of Asexual Stages / Motomi Torii and Masamichi Aikawa -- 9. Carbohydrate Metabolism of Asexual Stages / Irwin W. Sherman --
• 10. Hemoglobin Processing and the Metabolism of Amino Acids, Heme, and Iron / Philip J. Rosenthal and Steven R. Meshnick -- 11. Malarial Lipids / Henri J. Vial and Marie Laure Ancelin -- 12. Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism of Asexual Stages / Irwin W. Sherman -- 13. Malaria Parasite DNA / Ross L. Coppel and Casilda G. Black -- 14. The Plasmodium rRNA Genes: Developmental Regulation and Drug Target / M. John Rogers, Jun Li and Thomas F. McCutchan -- 15. Membrane Transport in the Malaria-Infected Erythrocyte / Hagai Ginsburg and Kiaran Kirk -- V. Genetics and Evolution -- 16. The Genetic Structure of Malaria Parasite Populations / David Walliker, Hamza Babiker and Lisa Ranford-Cartwright -- 17. Genome Discovery and Malaria Research: Current Status and Promise / Xin-zhuan Su and Thomas E. Wellems -- 18. Extrachromosomal DNA: the Mitochondrion / D. H. Williamson -- 19. Extrachromosomal DNA: Plastid DNA / R. J. M. Wilson --
• 20. Evolutionary Relationships of Human Malaria Parasites / Francisco J. Ayala, Ananias A. Escalante and Altaf A. Lal / [et al.] -- VI. Antimalarials: Modes of Action and Mechanisms of Resistance -- 21. Introduction to the Modes of Action of and Mechanisms of Resistance to Antimalarials / Wilbur K. Milhous and Dennis E. Kyle -- 22. The Molecular Basis of Resistance to the Sulfones, Sulfonamides, and Dihydrofolate Reductase Inhibitors / Alan F. Cowman -- 23. Chloroquine: Modes of Action and Resistance and the Activity of Chloroquine Analogs / Donald J. Krogstad and Dibyendu De -- 24. From Quinine to Qinghaosu: Historical Perspectives / Steven R. Meshnick -- 25. Mitochondrial Physiology as a Target for Atovaquone and Other Antimalarials / Akhil B. Vaidya -- VII. Pathophysiology -- 26. Malaria Pathophysiology / Nichols J. White --
• 27. Rosetting of Malaria-Infected Erythrocytes: Ligands, Host Receptors, and the Involvement of Serum Proteins / Mats Wahlgren, Antonio Barragan and Qijun Chen / [et al.] -- VIII. Animal Models -- 28. Animal Models: Rodents / Irene Landau and Philippe Gautret -- 29. Animal Models: Primates / Jurg Gysin -- IX. Immunity -- 30. Host Genetic Factors in Resistance to Malaria / Adrian V. S. Hill and David J. Weatherall -- 31. Acquired Immunity to Sexual Stages / David C. Kaslow -- 32. Acquired Immunity to Asexual Blood Stages / Karkada Mohan and Mary M. Stevenson -- 33. Acquired Immunity to Sporozoites / Elizabeth H. Nardin and Fidel Zavala -- 34. Immunity to Liver Stages / Pierre L. Druilhe, Laurent Renia and David A. Fidock -- 35. Using DNA-Based Vaccine Technology and the Malaria Genome Project To Overcome Obstacles to Malaria Vaccine Development / Stephen L. Hoffman, Daniel J. Carucci and William O. Rogers.

ISBN

1555811310

LCCN

98008261

OCLC

• ocm39229599
• SCSB-4794523

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries