Pathogenesis of Leishmaniasis New Developments in Research /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Satoskar, Abhay (Editor), Durvasula, Ravi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Vaccines.; Parasitology.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Vaccine.

 This book discusses recent developments in several laboratories studying leishmaniasis. Sequencing of the human genome, as well as of the leishmania genome, has led to significant advances in our understanding of host-immune responses against leishmania, and mechanisms of infection-induced patholog...

Table of Contents:

• Mechanisms of immunopathology of leishmaniasis
• Update on Leishmania mediators that promote immune evasion
• Paratransgenic Control of Leishmaniasis: New Developments
• Current status and future challenges for the development of Genetically Altered Live Attenuated Leishmania vaccines
• Reservoir control strategies for Leishmaniasis: past, present and future
• Treatment modalities for cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis.  .