Covering a wide range of rapidly-developing fields of research into parasitic
nematodes, this comprehensive volume discusses the genetics, biochemistry and
immunology of nematode parasites of humans as well as domestic animals and
plants. This fully-updated edition also covers new advances including horizontal
gene transfer, immune expulsion mechanisms, genetics of susceptibility in
humans, nematode protein structures, role of bacterial symbionts, intrinsic
immune response, host immune system modulation, modulation of allergic and
autoimmune diseases and the use of parasitic nematodes or their products as
therapeutics.
About The Author:
Malcolm W. Kennedy is Professor of Natural History, University of Glasgow.
William Harnett is Professor of Molecular Immunology, University of Strathclyde,
UK.